Indonesian transportation and safety officials are searching for voice and data recorders and other clues to determine the cause of the crash of Lion Air's brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet.
It is the first accident of its kind for the variant of the top-selling plane.
The plane crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on Monday morning.
There were 189 people, including three children on board the flight to Pangkal Pinang.
There were no survivors.
Data from flight-tracking site FlightRadar24, showed the plane had reached an altitude of 5,000 feet, but showed a steep dive within 10 minutes of takeoff.
The head of Indonesia's transport safety committee told a media conference that the pilot of Flight 610 asked to return to the airport after the plane took off, but did not indicate that there was an emergency.
Rescue workers have found debris appearing to be the plane's tail.
The main wreckage has still not been located.
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