Updated at 7:15 a.m. ET
An Indonesian airliner carrying 189 passengers and crew has crashed into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta. The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation confirms it has found the wreckage of the Lion Air jet — a Boeing 737 MAX 8 that was delivered to the company in August.
Flight JT610 departed from the Indonesian capital at 6:20 a.m. local time, bound for Pangkal Pinang, on an island east of Sumatra. But shortly after takeoff, the flight crew asked for and was granted permission to return to the airport, according to the Associated Press. Less than 15 minutes into the flight, it suddenly lost altitude and disappeared from radar.
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