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What we know about the victims of the Lion Air plane crash off Indonesia where there were 'likely no survivors'

Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker   

What we know about the victims of the Lion Air plane crash off Indonesia where there were 'likely no survivors'

Lion Air JT610 relatives

Antara Foto/Hadi Sutrisno via REUTERS

Relatives of passengers on Lion Air flight JT610 cry at Depati Amir Airpor, Pangkal Pinang, Belitung island, Indonesia

189 people were on board Lion Air flight JT 610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang when the plane crashed on Monday morning, including passengers, crew, and pilots.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed into the sea around 6.30 a.m. local time. It appears all 189 people are likely dead.

From the Reuters news agency: "Yusuf Latief, spokesman of national search and rescue agency, said there were likely no survivors."

Wreckage has been recovered from the crash site in the Java Sea, not far from where the plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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