189 feared dead as plane flown by Indian crashes into Java Sea
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Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
An Indonesian Lion Air aircraft with 189 people on board, flown by an Indian captain, Bhavye Suneja, crashed into the Java Sea on Monday soon after taking off from Jakarta at 6.20am local time (4.50am IST), killing everyone on board.
Things went horribly wrong as soon the Boeing 737 Max got airborne for its destination, Pangkal Pinang. The pilot made a request to return to the airport two to three minutes after take-off and the air traffic controller cleared it. But the plane plunged into the sea about 10 minutes later.
The B737 had joined Lion Air fleet on August 15, 2018 and had flown for about 800 hours. Once the debris was located, a search and rescue operation was launched. President Joko Widodo ordered an investigation and urged Indonesians to “keep on praying.” Distraught family members gathered at crisis centres set up by the authorities at airports, hoping desperately for a miracle. But no survivor was found, said Bambang Suryo Aji, director of operations at the Search and Rescue Agency. “My projection is there is no survivor. The bodies of the victims already found were not intact any more. It is very likely that all 189 people are dead,” he said.
The VP of a leading airline in India that operates the Boeing 737 said Suneja was considering returning to India. “We spoke this July. He was a very sweet person. Being an experienced pilot of the B737 with an incident-free record, we were keen to have him with us because of his impeccable credentials. His only request was that he wanted a Delhi posting as he is from the city,” said the senior official.
NO WORDS: Relatives of passengers on the ill-fated flight at Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia. Two babies and a child were among the 189 on board
He Was In Talks For Job With Airline In India
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
An Indonesian Lion Air aircraft with 189 people on board, flown by an Indian captain, Bhavye Suneja, crashed into the Java Sea on Monday soon after taking off from Jakarta at 6.20am local time (4.50am IST), killing everyone on board.
Things went horribly wrong as soon the Boeing 737 Max got airborne for its destination, Pangkal Pinang. The pilot made a request to return to the airport two to three minutes after take-off and the air traffic controller cleared it. But the plane plunged into the sea about 10 minutes later.
The B737 had joined Lion Air fleet on August 15, 2018 and had flown for about 800 hours. Once the debris was located, a search and rescue operation was launched. President Joko Widodo ordered an investigation and urged Indonesians to “keep on praying.” Distraught family members gathered at crisis centres set up by the authorities at airports, hoping desperately for a miracle. But no survivor was found, said Bambang Suryo Aji, director of operations at the Search and Rescue Agency. “My projection is there is no survivor. The bodies of the victims already found were not intact any more. It is very likely that all 189 people are dead,” he said.
The VP of a leading airline in India that operates the Boeing 737 said Suneja was considering returning to India. “We spoke this July. He was a very sweet person. Being an experienced pilot of the B737 with an incident-free record, we were keen to have him with us because of his impeccable credentials. His only request was that he wanted a Delhi posting as he is from the city,” said the senior official.
NO WORDS: Relatives of passengers on the ill-fated flight at Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia. Two babies and a child were among the 189 on board
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