[BREAKING] Boeing 737-500 goes missing in Indonesia - Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182

[LazyLion]

We are following reports of a missing Boeing 737-500 in Indonesia. We hope to have more information soon.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1347848544108032000

Passenger plane missing after take-off in Indonesia

Boeing 737 goes missing after take-off in Indonesia, believed to be carrying more than 50 passengers.

www.bbc.com

A passenger plane with more than 50 people on board has gone missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 lost contact en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, officials said.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24.com said the aircraft had lost more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in altitude in less than a minute.

 

[rvZA]

Ai, here we go again....

 

[Papa Smurf]

Ai fok Marelize !!

 

[Creag]

Good gosh! Another one!

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1347850078644563969

 

[rvZA]

Seems to be the flight...

And airplane...

 

[rvZA]

Also seems the weather was not looking that good over there...

 

[Papa Smurf]

If anyone is playing Microsoft Flight Sim could you guys please fly out there and have a look?
Thank You

 

[Creag]

Of course, maintenance would be key. But 26 years for an airplane is not old, is it?

 

[Binary Bark]

Aliens!

 

[Gordon_R]

Ongoing article: http://avherald.com/h?article=4e18553c

By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jan 9th 2021 10:37Z, last updated Saturday, Jan 9th 2021 10:42Z
A Sriwijaya Boeing 737-500, registration PK-CLC performing flight SJ-182 from Jakarta to Pontianak (Indonesia), was climbing out of Jakarta about 11nm north of Jakarta's Sokarno International Airport over the Java Sea when radar and radio contact was lost with the aircraft. The aircraft has so far not turned up anywhere else. A search is underway.

According to ADS-B data the aircraft was climbing through 10,600 feet at 07:39:50Z about 11nm north of Sokarno Airport, at 07:40:11Z the aircraft was at 1400 feet about 1.6nm northnortheast of that position (average sink rate 26,300 fpm).

 

[Papa Smurf]

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[Genisys]

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

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However you need a premium account to see actual data...

 

[Sinbad]

26k fpm = 433 feet per second, that's a pretty hectic rate of descent
That's 486km/h straight down

 

[Magnum]

That plane cant handle the stress of the Decent.

 

[Creag]

That plane cant handle the stress of the Decent.

Nor would I or my laundry

 

[Papa Smurf]

However you need a premium account to see actual data...

I have the MyBB Enterprise Edition
RPM included many premium addons for me, I will go and have a look and see what they are

 

[Papa Smurf]

Hit the play button and you see playback in reverse, from how i see it. it goes from 10 000 feet to zero very quickly

 

[rvZA]

Seems there were more than 50 people on board

Sriwijaya Air flight loses contact over Indonesia

The plane went missing shortly after it took off from the capital Jakarta.

www.smh.com.au

 

[skimread]

We are following reports of a missing Boeing 737-500 in Indonesia. We hope to have more information soon.

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1347848544108032000

Was that guy who committed suicide somewhere to the west of Australia also not an Indonesian pilot?