Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air loses contact with plane flying from Jakarta to Pontianak

Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with a Boeing 737-500 that left Jakarta at 1.25pm local time for the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Saturday.Adita Irawati, the Indonesian Transport Ministry spokesperson, told This Week in Asia that the last contact they had with the flight SJY 182 was at 2.20pm local time.“At this point, we are investigating and coordinating the matter with Basarnas (the search and rescue agency) and KNKT (the transport safety body). We will release more…