An Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea on Monday, October 25, had a technical issue on a previous flight, said Lion Air’s president.
Lion Air president Edward Sirait said the problem in Boeing 737 Max 8 plane had been resolved according to the procedure, but declined to explain the specific problem. The prior problem will be part of the investigation, reported Inquirer.
Lion Air Flight JT 610 which was bound for Pangkal Pinang from the Indonesian capital Jakarta crashed into the sea only minutes after it took off with 189 people on board.
The Boeing 737 passenger plane lost contact with the ground control and it was last tracked crossing the sea.
The plane flew from Jakarta at 06:20 AM local time on Monday and was set to land at Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang after an hour.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Indonesia’s disaster agency, took to Twitter to post photos of personal belongings of the passengers and other debris of the plane that they were able to recover from the sea.
As of press time, it is still unclear if there are any survivors.
