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Contact has been lost with a passenger plane flying between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sulawesi, aviation officials say. Contact has been lost with a passenger plane flying between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sulawesi, aviation officials have said.
The Adam Air plane is a Boeing 737-400 with 96 passengers and six crew on board, Indonesian media reported. The Adam Air plane is a Boeing 737-400 with 96 passengers and six crew members on board.
Adam Air said it was still investigating what had happened to Flight KI-574. Adam Air said it was investigating what had happened to Flight KI-574.
Indonesia's transport minister Hatta Radjasa confirmed contact had been lost but could give no more details. The plane left Surabaya in Java at 1300 local time (0600 GMT) on a two-hour flight to Manado in northern Sulawesi, a transport ministry official said.
A news conference has been called for 2100 (1400 GMT). Contact was lost at 35,000ft, when the plane was a hour away from its destination, Ichsan Tatang added.
An air traffic controller told local TV the aircraft had hit "very bad" weather and would have run out of fuel if it had not already landed.
Adam Air, a privately owned airline based in Jakarta, began operations in 2003.Adam Air, a privately owned airline based in Jakarta, began operations in 2003.