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Lion Air flight carrying 189 on board crashes into waters off Indonesia, six bodies retrieved

Officials say that the flight was carrying 178 adults, one child, and two babies, as well as two pilots and six flight attendants.

While 2017 was a landmark year for commercial aviation safety records — there were zero recorded deaths from accidents and mishaps — 2018 has seen a return to the norm.

The most recent news of an aircraft crash comes from Indonesia, where it's being reported that a Lion Air flight carrying 189 passengers on aboard crashed in the waters off West Java that are between 98 - 115 feet deep. 

According to latest reports, six bodies have been retrieved from the waters and search is on for the rest.

The BBC reported that Lion Air's flight JT-610 departed the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta at about 6:20 am on Monday, with Indonesia's disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stating that the plane was scheduled for a 70-minute flight to Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang on an island chain off Sumatra.