Lion Air Jet hit the water at high speed, says the researcher
Lion Air Jet hit the water at high speed, says the researcher
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A Lion Air plane with 189 people on board It hit the surface of the Java Sea with enough velocity that it "disintegrated" on impact, the lead researcher said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transport of Indonesia ordered the budget operator to suspend its technical director pending an investigation into what is the first major accident involving The Boeing 737 Max 8, the latest variant of the popular 737 single aisle.
Since the plane crashed on Monday shortly after takeoff, ships with sonar and up to 100 divers have been concentrating their efforts near a debris field on the coast north of Jakarta. They have recovered human remains, personal belongings and small, broken pieces of the plane.
"We are confident that the aircraft disintegrated after a high-speed impact with the water," said Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee, which is leading the accident investigation. "We've only found small pieces of debris."
"The plane did not stop in the air and then it fell off," Mr. Tjahjono said.
The deadly crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 aircraft in Indonesia is one of the worst aviation catastrophes of 2018. The WSJ discusses some of the big questions that arose as researchers try to determine the cause of the accident. Photo: AP Images
Larger pieces of debris, such as the fuselage, have been difficult to reach. Researchers have detected pings that say they probably come from the voice recorders and flight data of the black box and are reviewing images captured by a remotely operated vehicle at a depth of about 115 feet.
The divers who returned said Wednesday afternoon they faced a strong current and poor underwater visibility caused by sediment and cloudy skies. An object of interest turned out to be a shipwreck. One investigator said that the vehicle operated by remote control broke down and required repairs.
In a port near Jakarta, search workers have classified recovered items, such as shoes and canvas bags. Human remains have been sent in dozens of body bags to a hospital for DNA testing.
The transport minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, ordered the suspension of the airline's staff who had cleaned the plane to fly, saying that the technical director, identified by Lion Air as Muhammad Asif, would be replaced along with technicians and others waiting to an investigation. Mr. Asif could not be contacted immediately for comment.
Lion Air, formally known as PT Lion Mentari Airlines, could face corporate sanctions, Sumadi said.
Ministry spokesman Baitul Ihwan said the suspension was ordered because "the investigation will require your attention."
Search in the sea
The new model Boeing 737 disappeared shortly after the takeoff from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang.
A spokesman for Lion Air confirmed the suspension of Mr. Asif, responsible for Lion Air's maintenance operations. He could not confirm if other staff members had been suspended.
Investigators are gathering flight records, maintenance records and other documents related to the plane and asking Lion for clarity on what the airline described as a "technical problem" that the plane experienced on a flight from Bali to Jakarta on Sunday. Lion has said that the problem was resolved before the fatal flight on Monday.
"We can confirm that the aircraft was having some problems" on Sunday's flight, said Mr. Tjahjono. "However, we have not verified what the problem was."
Some passengers on the Sunday flight from Bali said the flight was delayed without a clear explanation. Samir Skif, 38, said the electricity was cut off in the cabin during the delay and that passengers remained in the dark for more than an hour without air conditioning.
"Some people were choking, so they started to leave the plane," he said.
The plane finally left and experienced turbulence during the duration of the flight, he said, "but nothing really maddening or dramatic."
Lion Air did not respond immediately to a request for comments.
A search team photographed near the location of the plane crash, October 30.
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Andrew Lotulung / NurPhoto / Zuma Press
Potentially defective or deceptive Indications of air speed in the cockpit. They have emerged as an initial focus of security experts, according to industry officials who are following the investigation.
Data collected by Flightradar24, a flight tracking network, indicated that the plane suffered erratic readings of speed and altitude on both the flight that crashed and the previous flight, including a fall in altitude that a pilot described as unusual .
The air traffic controllers lost contact with flight 610 shortly after taking off to Bangka Island. The Ministry of Transport said the pilots requested to return to the Jakarta airport before disappearing from the radar.
Boeing
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, who participates in the probe, has privately expressed interest in knowing if the pilots received unreliable speed data and the aircraft's maintenance history, according to people familiar with the conversations.
Rescuers say they have found debris and body parts off the coast of Jakarta in the alleged location where an Indonesian passenger plane carrying 189 people sank minutes after takeoff. Photo: Getty Images
A Boeing spokesman declined to comment, referring to the company's previous statement that it was providing technical assistance in the investigation and addressing questions to Indonesian authorities.
The Ministry of Transport has ordered the two Indonesian airlines that fly the Boeing 737 Max 8, Lion Air and the flag carrier.
to report on any repetitive problem and explain the procedures they use to solve them. The aircraft will remain in service and will not be grounded.
Lion Air is one of the largest airlines in Asia. He has had an irregular safety record. In April 2013, a new Boeing plane crashed in shallow water before the runway on the tourist island of Bali. The 108 passengers and crew were rescued. The accident was attributed to the pilot's error.
Indonesia has a long history of aviation disasters and its carriers were restricted for many years to fly to the USA. UU And Europe for security reasons. The latest restrictions on Indonesian airlines were lifted in June this year.
-Jake Maxwell Watts and Andy Pasztor contributed to this article.
Write to Ben Otto in ben.otto@wsj.com, Gaurav Raghuvanshi in gaurav.raghuvanshi@wsj.com and I did Sentana in i-made.sentana@wsj.com
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