Lion Air in Indonesia considers canceling Boeing aircraft orders
Lion Air of Indonesia is considering whether to cancel the Boeing aircraft order. The reason is that Lion Air determined that Boeing of the United States was trying to "snap the pot" in response to the October Lion Air crash.
Lion Air’s Boeing 737MAX airliner crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta on October 29, killing all 189 passengers and crew.
Reuters reported on the 4th from two sources who did not want to be named. One of Lion Air’s co-founders, Rusty Kilana, believed that Boeing was trying to assign responsibility for the crash to Lion Air. Cancel Boeing aircraft orders that have not yet been delivered.
It is reported that Lion Air is one of Boeing’s largest customers, with 197 Boeing aircraft waiting to receive 190, the latter amounting to US$22 billion.
Compared with previous models, Boeing 737MAX has a new feature. The flight system can automatically lower the nose to reduce the angle of attack and prevent the aircraft from stalling due to excessive angle of attack.
According to Lion Air, Boeing did not indicate this new feature in the pilot’s operating manual; Boeing said that it provided pilots with all the information on safe operations, and this type of passenger aircraft has no safety issues.
The Indonesian National Traffic Safety Commission issued a preliminary investigation report on the air crash at the end of November. It did not determine whether the cause of the air crash was a defect or malfunction of the airliner, or Lion Air’s improper maintenance or pilot negligence or even mistakes.
Investigators found that before the crash of the passenger plane, the flight system incorrectly determined that the plane was in danger of stalling, activated the anti-stall function, and continued to press down the nose. The pilot manually pulled it up repeatedly to no avail, and the plane eventually crashed into the ocean.
The report also said that the crashed airliner had several technical problems before, but Lion Air did not completely solve the problem and allowed the aircraft to continue flying; Lion Air pilots should read the aircraft operating instructions and follow the operating procedures.