Lion Air Flight JT 904 , fell into sea while landing (2)

Created on Saturday, 13 April 2013 09:59 |

13 Apr 2013

Lion Air Flight JT 904 Boeing 737-800 Registration PK-LKS from Bandung to Denpasar (Indonesia) with 101 passengers and 7 crew on board while approaching at Ngurah Rai Airport 09 runway , it was on final approach very near to runway 09 but came down into sea causing the airplane to brake into two peaces.All people on board evacuated the airplane without serious problem and they have been taken to hospital with minor problems.The weather conditions were good

The captain had about 10000 hours of flying and he was healthy

Co-pilot he had arround 2500 hours of flying

The pilots in one unofficial report they said that during approach they faced heavy rain and strong winds and they loose contact with runway.The captain took controls and decided to go-arround but as he said the airplane didn't climb but began to sink without control probably by some down wind

From other side one eyewitness on the ground reported that he could see the airplane coming for land and there was not rain at all

Lion Air Boeing 737-800

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Delivered:2-2013

Age:2 months

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