A Boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed into the sea after disappearing shortly after take off when it plunged "10,000ft" into the ocean.
The Sriwijaya Air passenger plane lost contact after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta earlier today en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
It's been reported the flight fell 10,000ft in less than one minute, about four minutes after taking off. It had more than 50 people on board.
Flightradar24 tweeted: "We are following reports of a missing Boeing 737-500 in Indonesia. We hope to have more information soon." The flight monitoring website later added: "Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from
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