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Lion Air 737-800 MAX Crashes Into Java Sea Shortly After Departure-No Survivors

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joeyb747:
"A Lionair Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration PK-LQP performing flight JT-610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang (Indonesia) with 181 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Jakarta when the aircraft reached a maximum altitude of about 5400 feet, then lost height, radar contact was lost about 35nm northeast of Jakarta over the Java Sea. Rescue services are on their way to the suspected crash site, first ships have reached the crash site and located oil slicks as well as debris from the aircraft including mobile phones and first body parts. Later the day 6 bodies were recovered. Authorities state there is no hope for survivors."

From:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf90724&opt=0

joeyb747:
The airplane involved, PK-LQP, was a brand new Boeing 737-8MAX, CN43000, Delivered 08/13/18, powered by LEAP-1B engines.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pk-lqp#1e5ff318

ORD Don:
Edward Sirait, president of the budget airline, told reporters that the plane had also encountered a technical problem on its previous flight that was subsequently resolved by engineers.  NBC

joeyb747:

--- Quote from: ORD Don on October 29, 2018, 10:32:50 AM ---Edward Sirait, president of the budget airline, told reporters that the plane had also encountered a technical problem on its previous flight that was subsequently resolved by engineers.  NBC

--- End quote ---

Correct. From the AvHerald article:

"The airline reported the aircraft encountered a technical problem, the crew was about to return to Jakarta. There had also been a technical problem on the previous flight, this problem however was fixed (editorial note: the aircraft remained on the ground in Jakarta over night for 8 hours prior to the accident flight, there is a write up circulating in the Internet only claiming the aircraft had experienced unreliable airspeed and altitude on the previous flight, the captain's instruments were identified faulty, control was handed to the first officer and the flight continued to destination below RVSM airspace - we removed this write up repeatedly from our reader comment board because of its unverified nature and because it supposedly contains names of flight crew). The captain had accumulated 6,000 hours of total flight experience, the first officer 5,000 hours."

joeyb747:
Sounds like the FDR has been recovered today. Hopefully, it will hold some answers...

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