Twenty passengers being on board of crashed plane were Indonesian officials

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Twenty passengers who were on board of the crashed Indonesian airline Lion Air Boeing 737 were officials of the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. This is reported by the BBC.

Recall that 189 passengers and crew members, including three children, two pilots and five flight attendants were on board. It became known that few minutes after departure, the crew of the Boeing 737 has requested permission to return to the airport.
As The Journalist reported, passenger Boeing 737 crashed in Indonesia.