(Bloomberg) -- A Lion Air jet with 188 people on board crashed in the Java Sea in Indonesia, 15 miles off Jakarta’s airport, according to the nation’s rescue agency.

The plane, a Boeing Co. 737 Max 8, took off from the country’s capital city at 6:20 a.m. local time Monday and lost contact 13 minutes later, according to National Search and Rescue Agency. It was headed for a destination that is popular with tourists. The aircraft was carrying 178 adults, 3 children and 7 crew members, according to local officials.

The agency said it has located the debris of the jet at the crash site.

Jakarta-based Lion Air, owned by privately held PT Lion Mentari Airlines, is a budget carrier that started operations in 2000. The carrier is among major customers for Boeing and Airbus SE in Asia. in February 2012, Lion Air placed an order for 201 of the in-development 737 MAX and 29 of the extended range 737-900 in a $22.4 billion deal valued at list price.

The carrier flies 183 routes locally as well to some overseas destinations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and China, according to its website. Its unit Malindo Air was the first in the world to put the 737 Max plane into service.

The last major accident in Indonesia was in December 2014 when AirAsia Indonesia’s Airbus A320 aircraft crashed into the waters after taking off from Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board.

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