Indonesia 189 missing in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 off the archipelago

A Lion Air Boeing 737 crashed Monday morning off the Indonesian coast, shortly after taking off from Jakarta, with 189 people on board. According to the emergency services, all are "probably dead". Entered service a few months ago, the device had recently been repaired due to an unspecified technical problem. The crew had requested to return to the capital's airport shortly before contact was broken with air traffic control at around 6:30 am local time.

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