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Green light for Lion Air's Boeing 737 Max after temporary grounding
Operations with the Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft have resumed following investigations after an incident with an Alaska Airlines plane in the United States.
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In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon, the United States (AFP/Handout)
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he Transportation Ministry has announced that Lion Air's three Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft are cleared to resume operations following a temporary grounding since Jan. 6 due to an incident involving an Alaska Airlines aircraft of the same model.
The three aircraft are PK-LRF, PK-LRG and PK-LRI, according to the ministry’s announcement issued on Thursday, which notes that the aircraft were cleared as of Jan. 11.
The grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 came after a piece of fuselage tore off the left side of the Alaska Airlines plane as it climbed following take-off from Portland, Oregon, en route to Ontario, California, in the United States.
The incident forced the plane into an emergency landing, in which all 174 passengers and six crew members survived, though a number of passengers were injured.
The Lion Air Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft utilize the Type II mid-cabin emergency exit door configuration, which differs from that of the Alaska Airlines aircraft involved in the incident.
The Transportation Ministry’s Civil Aviation Directorate General (DGCA), through the Directorate of Airworthiness and Aircraft Operation, conducted on-site inspections at Lion Air.
Civil Aviation Director General M. Kristi Endah Murni said the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had emphasized that the Lion Air-operated Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft were not affected by the FAA’s Airworthiness Directive (AD).
