He further explained that the plane made its last contact at 2:40 (0740 GMT).
It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard the Boeing 737-500, which has a capacity of about 130, when it took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport.
The usual flight time is about 90-minutes.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency and the National Transportation Safety Commission are also investigating the incident, says Irawati
That crash and a subsequent fatal flight in Ethiopia saw Boeing hit with $2.5 billion in fines over claims it defrauded regulators overseeing the 737 MAX model, which was grounded worldwide following the two deadly crashes.
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