Sad to hear news of yet another plane crash. Lion Air flight JT610 was departing Jakarta for a one hour flight to Pangkal Pinang. The plane crashed near Tanjung Karawang in the waters off West Java. It only made 5,000ft upon departure from Jakarta, contact was lost 13 mins into the flight. Debris has been found. Around 188 people were onboard (210 seat capacity) but yet to be confirmed. Indonesia’s finance ministry says 20 of its officials were among the passengers.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...fcc3621c5493ce
The aircraft was a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, having been delivered just this August (it's a new model replacing the existing 737-8).
The divers are currently in the water trying to find the plane. Depth in that area is 30-35 metres.
A friend of mine who pays for the fr24 subscription was able to replay the flight data - see pics below.
Pic #1- it appears an inbound Batik Air was investigating it at 6,000ft.
Pic #2 shows it slicing
past inbounds that were on the approach between 4000 and 6000.. it went right through the corridor at 5000 feet.
