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

CEO of Lion Air Group, Edward Sirait, talks to the media after a news conference near Jakarta.

189 people were on Lion Air flight JT 610 from Jakarta when the plane crashed into the sea early Monday morning, including several children.

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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. It was an internal flight headed for the island of Bangka.

Images show rescue workers carrying body bags.

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