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A new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was carrying 181 passengers, as well as six cabin crew members and two pilots on flight JT 610 before crashing 13 minutes after takeoff. What makes this story sound weird is that sources say the flight made a request to air traffic control to return to the airport 12 miles from takeoff, but did not indicate there was any emergency,
CNN reports,
The recovered bodies have been taken to a hospital in east Jakarta, said Bambang Suryo Aji, director of operations for Basarnas.
Aji told a news conference that rescue workers had found debris appearing to be the plane’s tail. The main wreckage had still not been located.
Search and rescue teams were working against high waves and strong currents, in an area spanning 150 nautical miles, added Aji. Underwater robots were being used in the search effort.
Prayers are with everyone affected by this tragedy!
