An Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane from Jakarta to Pontianak is feared to have crashed into the sea after losing contact with air traffic control on Saturday afternoon.

Flight tracking data showed that the Boeing 737 plunged into a steep dive just four minutes after take-off at 2.40pm.

It was unclear how many passengers and crew but it is learnt that more than 50 passengers were aboard the jet when it left Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport.

Read more at https://bit.ly/3q1jZPe

WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline