Lion-Air with 189 abroad crashed
Lion Air plane in a brand new boeing 747 jet crashed with 189 on board in Indonesia. Searches for clues in crash found six bodies in sea off Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Lion Air flight JT610 had been carrying 189 people including three children when it disappeared from radar during a short flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang on the Indonesian island of Bangka. The plane new boing 737 Max8, was carry 181 passenger as well as 6 cabin crew and two pilots. The flight made a distress signal request to air traffic control to return to the airport about 12 miles out from take off, but did not indicate there was an emergency.