印尼客機墜毀 189人恐全部遇難

An Indonesian airliner crashed into the sea on Monday, with the likely loss of all 189 people on board, as it tried to return to Jakarta minutes after take-off.

本週一，印度尼西亞獅子航空公司一架客機起飛幾分鐘後在試圖折返雅加達途中墜入大海，機上189人很可能無一倖存。

Lion Air flight JT610, an almost new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route from the capital to Pangkal Pinang.

執飛獅航JT610航班的是一架幾乎全新的波音737 Max 8客機，出事時正從首都雅加達飛往邦加檳港。

Rescue officials said they had recovered human remains from the crash site, about 15 km off the coast.

搜救官員稱，他們在距離海岸約15公里處的墜機地點找到了一些人體殘骸。

Indonesia is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, but its safety record is patchy.

印尼是世界上發展最快的航空市場之一，但其安全紀錄不佳。

If all aboard have died, the crash will be its second-worst air disaster since 1997, industry experts said.

業界專家表示，如果這次墜機事故中機上人員全部遇難，這將是自1997年以來印尼第二大空難。

The pilot had asked to return to base (RTB) shortly after take-off. It lost contact with ground staff after 13 minutes.

在起飛之後不久，飛行員就要求返航（RTB）。13分鐘之後，該航班就與地勤人員失去了聯繫。

"An RTB was requested and had been approved but we're still trying to figure out the reason," Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of Indonesia's transport safety committee, told reporters.

印度尼西亞交通安全委員會會長索爾·賈安託告訴記者：“飛機提出了返航要求，要求也得到了批准，我們仍在試圖找出事故原因。”

"We hope the black box is not far from the main wreckage so it can be found soon," he said.

他說道：“我們希望黑匣子離主要殘骸不遠，這樣很快就能找到它。”