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Indonesia plane crash: India-born Captain Suneja among 188 feared dead

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The ill-fated Indonesian carrier Lion Air's flight , that crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta on Monday, was reportedly being flown by an Indian captain. The plane was carrying 188 passengers and crew and authorities are yet to find any survivor. According to the Times of India, the captain, Bhavye Suneja , was a resident of Mayur Vihar in Delhi. He joined Indonesia's low-cost carrier Lion Air in March 2011 and used to fly the Boeing 737. Citing the VP of a leading airline in India that operates the Boeing 737, the daily reported that Suneja was considering returning to India. “We spoke this July. He is a very sweet sounding person. Being an experienced pilot of the B737 with an incident, accident free record, we were keen to have him with us because of his good credentials. His only request was that he wanted a Delhi posting as he is from the city,” the senior official told TOI. Suneja's Linkedin profile shows that he got hi...