Lion Air

Indonesia’s Aviation Disasters

Air travel is said to be the safest mode of transportation compared to trains, cars and motorcycles; therefore, it is highly publicised when a crash occurs. The world has recorded numerous aviation disasters and mysteries since time immemorial – from the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937, to hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 of the 9/11 (11 September) attacks, and to the unsolved mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.Over the weekend, the world was once again shocked by

11 January 2021
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Final Lion Air crash report has damning info

A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday, in what one aviation analyst called a "damning" report.The Lion Air disaster was followed months later by a second crash – involving the same model of aircraft – when an Ethiopian Airlines plane went down with 157 people aboard, leading to the global grounding of Boeing's entire 737 MAX

27 October 2019
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Lion Air families to meet Indonesia safety agency

Families of those killed when a Lion Air plane crashed off Indonesia last year are expected to meet safety regulators on Wednesday to be briefed on a final report into the disaster that could be released within days.All 189 passengers and crew died when the 737 MAX jet slammed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta last October.The model was grounded worldwide after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa in March, killing 157 people aboard.Prelim

23 October 2019
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Indonesia blames 737 MAX design for Lion Air crash

Indonesian authorities have cited failures in the Boeing 737 MAX design and oversight as contributing to the 2018 Lion Air plane crash, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.The report into the crash, which will be formally released in early November, also blames pilot error and maintenance issues for the crash that killed 189 people shortly after the flight departed from Jakarta last October, the newspaper said.The Boeing plane model was later grounded worldwide after an Ethiopian Airli

23 September 2019
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Indonesia to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal

Indonesia's national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after the model was involved in two fatal crashes.The move could spark more cancellations from other major carriers, an aviation analyst said, as Boeing and United States (US) federal regulators get set to face their first public grilling by Congress since the deadly incidents."We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled," Garud

25 March 2019
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More ASEAN nations ban Boeing 737 MAX jets

The European Union (EU) closed its airspace to Boeing 737 MAX planes on Tuesday, joining similar action by nations across the globe following a second deadly accident in just five months.Fleets of the best-selling workhorse plane were also grounded by airlines as safety concerns swirled, sending Boeing shares tumbling another seven percent in Tuesday trading and wiping billions more off its market value.On Sunday, a new Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 went down minutes into a flight from Addis A

13 March 2019
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Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned

For the second time in less than six months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after take-off and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the United States (US) giant's future plans.On Sunday, the 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 MAX operated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed.

11 March 2019
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Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal crash, Indonesia says

A crashed Lion Air jet should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem before its fatal journey, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, as details from the new jet's flight data recorder suggested that pilots struggled to control its anti-stalling system.The preliminary crash report from Indonesia's transport safety agency also took aim at the budget carrier's poor safety culture, but did not pinpoint a cause of the October 29 accident, which killed all 189 people

29 November 2018
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Indonesia investigates Lion Air after crash

Indonesian authorities are conducting a review of the operations of Lion Air, the transport ministry said, as the search for the main wreckage and cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Boeing jet continues into a seventh day.The “special audit” will cover the standard operating procedures of the airline, the flight crew qualifications and coordination with industry stakeholders, the ministry said in a statement.

5 November 2018
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First 737 Max crash leaves mystery

Investigators are beginning the grim task of determining why a brand-new Boeing 737 Max jet flown by Indonesia’s Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea minutes after take-off, killing all 189 people on board.Divers are searching for submerged wreckage of the plane, along with flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders documenting the aircraft’s final moments.

30 October 2018
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