Reports are coming through that a Lion Air B737-8 has crashed just off the Indonesian coast near Jakarta. The aircraft had taken off for a one hour flight to the north and disappeared from radar 13 minutes into the flight. There is a report that the flight reached a height of about 5600' before suddenly descending to 3500' in less than a minute before disappearing off the radar.

There were 180 passengers and crew on board and first rescue boats on the scent report there is no sign of survivors.