Jakarta, January 1
Contact was lost today with an Adam Air passenger plane flying from Surabaya on the Java island to Manado on Sulawesi with 96 passengers and six crew on board, a transport ministry official told Elshinta news radio.
Tatang Ikhsan, Director General of air transport at the ministry, said the plane was a Boeing 737-400 and the flight originated in Jakarta with a stop in Surabaya.
It left Surabaya at 1 pm (11.30 IST) and was scheduled to land just over two hours later in Manado in North
Sulawesi. — Reuters
