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Sriwijaya Air Boeing passenger plane feared to have crashed in Indonesia
The aircraft which appears to have been lost off Indonesia was a Boeing , but it should not be confused with the much more modern Max - which was grounded following two tragic accidents in and , including one off the coast of Indonesia.
The Sriwijaya Air flight appears to have been carried out by a Boeing This plane formed part of the Classic series, the second generation of , which was built during the s and s. The plane, seen as a workhorse aircraft for many years, has a strong safety record.
The Sriwijaya Air was 26 years old. While airlines do tend to prefer to fly newer aircraft - because they have lower running costs - it is not uncommon to find planes of this age still in service.
Indonesia, though, has a relatively poor record on aviation safety. For more than a decade carriers from the region were banned from flying into the EU. Until recently, the perception had been that standards were improving, and in all Indonesian airlines were removed from the EU's blacklist.
That, however, was before the loss of a Lion Air Max in October Although the design of the aircraft is widely believed to
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Sriwijaya Air Boeing passenger plane feared to have crashed in Indonesia
A Boeing passenger plane carrying 62 people is believed to have crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
The Sriwijaya Air disappeared from radars four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
It is thought to have dropped more than 3,m (10,ft) in less than a minute, according to flight tracking website Flightradarcom.
Witnesses said they had seen and heard at least one explosion.
Fisherman Solihin, who goes by one name, told the BBC Indonesian service he had witnessed a crash and his captain decided to return to land.
"The plane fell like lightning into the sea and exploded in the water," he said.
"It was pretty close to us, the shards of a kind of plywood almost hit my ship."
A number of residents of an island near where the plane disappeared told the BBC they had found objects they thought were from the plane.
Search and rescue efforts were suspended overnight but were due to resume on Sunday.
The Indonesian navy was reportedly deployed to look for
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Sriwijaya Air crash which killed 62 people blamed on throttle and pilot error
Indonesian investigators säga the Sriwijaya Air Boeing plane crash last year which killed 62 people was due to a faulty throttle system and delayed pilot response.
Flight SJ plunged into the Java Sea on 9 January minutes after take-off from Jakarta, killing all on board.
In their sista report, investigators blamed several factors including a repeatedly faulty throttle system.
It was Indonesia's third major air accident in the space of six years.
Investigators said the plane - which was 26 years old - had an automated throttle struktur that suffered a malfunction shortly after take-off.
That had caused the jet to tilt sharply off-course before it nosedived 3,m (10, ft) into the sea, the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said.
Previous flygning crews had noted the throttle struktur was "unserviceable" and it had received regular repairs, the KNKT said, according to AFP news agency.
Investigators also noted that those in the cockpit had not reacted to the plane's deviation in time - perhaps due to complacency that resulted in "less monit