The plane involved in the Sriwijaya Air crash was a Boeing 737-500, a proven model developed in the 1980s, not the troubled 737 Max airliner, which was grounded after deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019
Indonesian Marines offload bits of debris from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 from their boat on January 10, 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, carrying 62 people on board a flight from Indonesia's capital to Pontianak, Indonesia, lost contact with air controllers shortly after take-off and is believed to have crashed into the waters off the coast of Jakarta. Indonesian authorities say they have located the "black box" which could shed light on the cause of the crash and hope to be able to recover it on Monday. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images)
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