April 13, Online

Lion Air general affairs director Edward Sirait said Lion Air flight number JT-960, which served the Bandung-Denpasar route, had not touched down on the runway of Ngurah Rai International Airport before it landed in the sea in an accident on Saturday.

'€œWhen it tried to land at the airport, the aircraft was not able to reach the runway,'€ he said in a press conference at the Lion Air office on Saturday evening.

The aircraft, with registration number PK-LKS, carried 101 passengers, comprising 95 adult passengers, five children and a baby. Seven crew members were on board. All passengers and crew members were safe.

'€œNo lives were lost in the incident. The evacuation process was jointly conducted by the crew members and the passengers,'€ said Edward.

After being evacuated, the passengers were taken to the emergency post at the airport. Eighteen passengers were taken to Sanglah Hospital and other hospitals to undergo medical examination.

Your comments:

I was in seat 26D. I want to thank the crew members who did an amazing and professional job. One of them refused to get out of the plane until the last passenger had exited.

But I cannot offer the same warm thank you to the organization running the emergency room, which consisted of a bunch of staff in different colored uniforms who seemed to be there for the decorum, not for efficiency.

Grandy Jean

The pilot was not able to reach the first meter of the airstrip and ended up 100 meters before it in the water.

Perhaps the pilots had training in not overrunning the air strip '€” with great success.

Nirvana

Judge from the following accidents: Jan. 14, 2002, at Pekanbaru; Nov. 30, 2004, at Adisucipto Airport in Surakarta; March 4, 2006, at Juanda Airport in Surabaya; Dec. 24, 2006, at Ujungpandang/Makassar; March 9, 2009, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta; Nov. 2, 2010, at Pontianak; October 2011, at Sepinggan Airport in Balikpapan; and now April 13 at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar.

There was a time when our pilots were internationally known for executing very smooth landings. Nowadays passengers seldom experience such comfort, with landings often hard, bone-jarring affairs and pilots immediately engaging the highest reverse driving force after touching down, judging from the sound of the screeching engines. The aircraft is then brought to a halt in what seems to be only a short distance after touchdown.

In view of its increasingly flawed safety reputation, Lion Air would do well to invest considerably in the further education and training of its pilots, as well as in managing the condition of its fleet, to prevent further accidents.

Tami Koestomo

What a mess this was. It made headlines worldwide because it was in Bali. So far, I'€™ve heard the following: the pilots could'€™ve been fatigued as they flew from Banjarmasin to Bandung before continuing on to Denpasar, or a passenger overheard the stewardesses complaining about the lack of plane maintenance. What was really horrifying was (if it'€™s correct) there was no warning of an emergency situation.

Mario Rustan

Lion Air will probably skip a few major maintenance jobs.

Ardianto

Lion Air is still banned in both the European Union (EU) and the US. It'€™s lucky that no one was seriously hurt, but it'€™s just a matter of time.

Devine

A mechanical problem with the aircraft could have prevented it from reaching the runway.

Better to wait for the pilot'€™s statement and the result of the investigation before jumping to conclusions.

Sheldon Archer

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