Posted on 10/28/2018 8:04:14 PM PDT by PghBaldy
A Lion Air flight between Jakarta and an island off Sumatra has crashed, Indonesian search and rescue officials have said.
A search and rescue effort has been launched after the passenger jet lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff on Monday morning.
The Boeing 737-800 left the Indonesian capital at 6.20am and was headed north to arrive in Pangkal Pinang, on the island of Bangka, at
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Could be a bird strike and put an engine out.
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There were two foreign nationals [aboard the flight], one Indian citizen and one Italian citizen," Lion Air Group managing director Daniel Putut told a press conference in Jakarta on Monday.
The Indian man was the aircraft's captain, identified as Bhavye Suneja, while the Italian citizen was among the 181 passengers, Daniel said without revealing further details about the latter's identity.
Suneja piloted the Lion Air flight with co-pilot Harvino. According to the airline operator, both were experienced in the field as they had over 6,000 and 5,000 flight hours, respectively.
Not sure where copilot Harvino hails from. Jakarta Post
The pilot did report that they had a technical problem and requested an RTB (Return to Base), which was granted.
Hmm. Interesting. Suggests a maintenance procedure. Since the 800 series is so new, I wonder if their techs have received update training.
CC
I goofed?
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