No survivors expected from horror Indonesian plane crash

A top search official says they don’t expect any survivors after a passenger plane went down off Indonesia.

189 people were on board the Lion Air flight which crashed just 13 minutes after take off.

It is not yet clear what caused the crash.

The operational director of the search and rescue agency says he isn’t expecting survivors based on what they have found so far.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is making urgent enquiries to determine if any Australians were on board.

Ross and John spoke with Arthur Wolk, aviation attorney, about what may have happened.

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