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Drones and sonar technology have been deployed in Indonesia to search for a Lion Air passenger plane which crashed into the sea on Monday.<\/p>\n
Flight JT 610 went down after taking off from Jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board.<\/p>\n
There has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings have been collected from the water.<\/p>\n
There is no indication yet of what caused the plane to go down 13 minutes after taking off.<\/p>\n
Officials say the pilot of the Boeing 737 had asked to return to Soekarno-Hatta airport shortly before losing contact with air traffic control.<\/p>\n
A technical log obtained by the BBC\u00a0showed the plane had encountered technical problems while flying from Bali to Jakarta the previous day.<\/p>\n
The log showed one instrument was \u201cunreliable\u201d and the pilot had to hand over to the first officer.<\/p>\n
Lion Air\u2019s chief executive Edward Sirait said on Tuesday that the plane had been repaired before taking off again.<\/p>\n
Flight JT 610 was heading for the western city of Pangkal Pinang on Monday but immediately encountered difficulties.<\/p>\n
Thirteen minutes into the flight it suddenly sped up and lost altitude, falling into the Java Sea, north-east of Jakarta.<\/p>\n
People who were on boats in the area at the time have reported seeing it fall from the sky.<\/p>\n
The head of Indonesia\u2019s disaster agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said on Twitter that\u00a0sonar devices were being used\u00a0in the waters near Karawang \u2013 the plane\u2019s last known point of contact.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully this morning we can find the wreckage or fuselage,\u201d Soerjanto Tjahjono, the head of Indonesia\u2019s transport safety panel told news agency Reuters.<\/p>\n
Investigators are also looking for the plane\u2019s black box recorder, which will provide key flight data.<\/p>\n
Search teams have been retrieving body parts from the water.<\/p>\n
The head of the national search and rescue agency, Muhammad Syaugi, told local media 10 body bags had already been filled and would be taken to Jakarta for identification.<\/p>\n
Fourteen bags filled with debris \u2013 including shoes, a wallet and various items of clothing \u2013 have also been collected, along with aircraft debris.<\/p>\n
Another search official, Yusuf Latif, earlier said it would \u201ca miracle\u201d if survivors were found.<\/p>\n
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