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Dec 06, 2018
Lion Air crash fallout: DGCA monitors Boeing 737 MAX planes on daily basis; issues advisories to Jet Airways, SpiceJet
DGCA is monitoring on a daily basis the performance of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft apart from putting in place various measures to ensure there are no safety issues with these planes -
Dec 04, 2018
Indonesia’s Lion Air ponders cancelling purchase of Boeing jets in row over crash that killed 189 people
Co-founder Rusdi Kirana is furious over what he regards as attempts by Boeing to deflect attention from recent design changes and blame Lion Air for the crash -
Nov 29, 2018
Indonesia aviation under scrutiny after Lion Air crash; transport ministry pushes airlines for safety, service improvements
Indonesia is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, but it has come under fresh scrutiny since a fatal Lion Air crash last month as the sector struggles to keep up with its breakneck expansion, putting safety at risk, analysts warn. -
Nov 28, 2018
Lion Air pilots struggled to regain control of Boeing Jet, investigation into Indonesia plane crash reveals
The investigators are focusing on whether faulty information from sensors led the plane's system to force the nose down. The new Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea on 29 October, killing all 189 people on board, including an Indian pilot. Information from the Lion Air jet's flight data recorder was included in a briefing for the Indonesian Parliament. -
Nov 28, 2018
Indonesia expected to release preliminary Lion Air crash report today; findings to shed light on why Boeing 737 MAX fell from sky
Indonesian investigators are expected on Wednesday to release a preliminary report into the Lion Air plane crash last month that saw all 189 on board killed when the nearly new jet slammed into the sea. The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on 29 October, crashing into waters off Indonesia's northern coast moments after it had asked to return to -
Nov 25, 2018
Indonesia plane crash: Body of Indian Lion Air pilot Bhavye Suneja identified, family to get remains today
Indonesian authorities have identified the body of Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja who captained the ill-fated Indonesian plane that crashed into the sea on 29 October. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a tweet, announced about the identification of Suneja's body. -
Nov 21, 2018
Indonesia flight crash: Boeing vows to share investigation information with customers amid reports of cancelled conference call
US media reported that the cancelled conference between Boeing and client companies was meant to address questions surrounding control systems on the Lion Air 737-MAX. "Boeing has been - and continues to - engage with our customers," a spokesman for the US aircraft manufacturer told AFP. "We continue to schedule meetings to share information." -
Nov 16, 2018
Indonesia plane crash victim's family sues Boeing for its 'unsafe design' of 737 Max 8 aircraft
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, where Boeing is headquartered, centres on a new safety feature that can cause the 737 Max 8 aircraft to "auto-dive" in certain situations, CNN reported. -
Nov 08, 2018
Week after Lion Air plane crash leaves 189 dead, another aircraft smashes into pole during takeoff at Indonesia's Sumatra Island
This latest incident came just over a week after a Lion Air plane crashed into the Java Sea on 29 October, killing everyone on board. -
Nov 08, 2018
Indonesia Lion Air crash: US aviation regulator orders airlines operating Boeing 377 Max to update training, manuals
Boeing Co said in a statement that it had alerted pilots to the issue. The FAA said it was mandating that airlines follow the Boeing bulletin. The US planemaker said investigators probing the Lion Air crash off the coast of Indonesia, in which all 189 on board were killed, had found that one of the "angle of attack" sensors on the Boeing 737 MAX jet had provided erroneous data.
