Rescue Teams Recover Exploded Fuel Tank From Crashed Indonesian Lion Air Plane - Agency

A fuel tank from the Lion Air carrier's plane, which crashed off the Indonesian coast on Monday morning, has been recovered broken and exploded, a spokesperson for Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) told Sputnik

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 29th October, 2018) A fuel tank from the Lion Air carrier's plane, which crashed off the Indonesian coast on Monday morning, has been recovered broken and exploded, a spokesperson for Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) told Sputnik.

"Nobody survived. The fuel tank has been recovered broken and exploded. Above the fuel tank there is a leak," the spokesperson said.

The Boeing 737 bound for the city of Pangkal Pinang, located on the Indonesian island of Bangka, lost contact with the traffic control at 6:33 a.

m. local time (23:33 GMT) 13 minutes after departure from Jakarta's airport. The Indonesian authorities have launched search and rescue operations. The plane has presumably crashed into sea near the western coast of Java island as debris of a plane have been noticed by ships, according to media reports, citing authorities. The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that a total of 189 people were on board of the crashed plane.