A passenger plane with more than 50 people on board has gone missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 lost contact en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, officials said.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24.com said the aircraft had lost more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in altitude in less than a minute.
Pictures of what seemed to be aircraft debris appeared on TV and social media.
A number of residents of an island near where the plane disappeared, told the BBC Indonesian service they had found objects they thought were from the plane.
The transport ministry said search and rescue efforts were under way.
It said last contact with the plane, with the call sign SJY182, was made at 14:40 local time (07:40 GMT).
According to registration details, the plane is a 27-year-old Boeing 737-500.
Sriwijaya Air, a local carrier, said it was still gathering information about the flight.
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Source: Thisday Newspaper
