Boeing experts to arrive in Indonesia for Lion Air jet crash probe

A police officer examines personal belongings recovered from the area where a Lion Air plane is suspected to have crashed, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Search and rescue personnel worked through the night to find victims of the Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said experts from Boeing will arrive in Indonesia on Wednesday to help with the investigation of the crash of a Lion Air jet.

The 2-month-old Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed into the sea northeast of Jakarta on Monday just minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 people on board.

Accident investigator Ony Suryo Wibowo told a news conference that officials have only a small amount of information so far and don’t know if it’s correct. He implored the public to be patient. The plane’s flight recorders have not yet been located.

He said: “To all Indonesian people, we are saddened and offer condolences but give us time to investigate why the plane crashed. Give us a chance to look deeply, to look at the whole problem, so the responsibility given to us by the government can be carried out.”  /kga