>"The Sriwijaya Air aircraft carrying 62 people is suspected to have crashed into the sea shortly after take-off."
The Sriwijaya Air plane lost contact four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
Flight tracking website [Flightradar24.com](http://Flightradar24.com) said the aircraft lost more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in altitude in less than a minute.
Witnesses said they had seen and heard at least one explosion.