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| Captain's distress call moments before disaster: Pilot asked to turn back to land just before his plane carrying 188 people vanished from radar and plunged 5,000ft into the sea north of Jakarta |
| 2018-10-29 |
| [MAIL] A jet that plunged 5,000ft into the sea off Indonesia with 189 on board this morning had gone in for repairs ahead of the flight, it has emerged. Lion Air's flight JT-610 was heading to Pangkal Pinang, an island north of the capital, Jakarta, when it lost contact with air control about 6.33am local time - just 13 minutes after take-off. Officials say they do not expect survivors. Shortly before the disaster, the plane's pilot, Indian national Bhavye Suneja, had reported 'technical difficulties' and, minutes after take-off, asked to return to the airport, an official said. Traffic control allowed the return, but the aircraft then vanished from radar. Authorities are not sure why the plane crashed - the weather was sunny, the aircraft was new and the pilots experienced. Websites that display flight data showed the plane speeding up as it suddenly lost altitude in the minutes before it disappeared. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Any screams of 'Ala Snackbar' eminating from the cockpit just prior to impact ? The pilots were Indian. The surname Suneja isn't typically a muslim name. |
| Posted by: Thusoter Crusonter6355 2018-10-29 20:20 |
| #7 Or maintenance was infiltrated and the repair was an accident waiting to happen... |
| Posted by: rammer 2018-10-29 20:04 |
| #6 So, patchjob came loose, knocked out power, and the plane took an uncontrolled dive into the ocean. That's my guess. |
| Posted by: Charles 2018-10-29 18:10 |
| #5 later reports indicate that repairs were made to the aircraft a day or two before the flight back in 2007, Indonesian companies were restricted from flying to several countries because of safety concerns |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-10-29 14:22 |
| #4 Any screams of 'Ala Snackbar' eminating from the cockpit just prior to impact ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-29 09:55 |
| #3 Remind me not to fly on an Indonesian airline, will ya? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-10-29 09:18 |
| #2 ChiCom hack? |
| Posted by: Hupavitch Dribble4567 2018-10-29 09:02 |
| #1 The plane was brand new. |
| Posted by: Slolutle Cloluse3142 2018-10-29 08:34 |