Lion Air flight crashes in Indonesia with 189 aboard

Wreckage found near accident site in Java Sea off island of Sumatra

20181029 Lion Air JT610 rescue team

Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on Oct. 29.

SHOTARO TANI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- A domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang, off the island of Sumatra, has been confirmed to have crashed.

The jetliner was carrying 189 people and was operated by the country's largest private airline, Lion Air. It crashed on Monday.

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