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Lion Air ‘repaired’ technical issue on crashed jet after previous
flight: CEO
JAKARTA, Oct 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A brand new Indonesian Lion Air plane
that crashed into the sea on Monday had a technical issue that required the
Boeing jet to be briefly grounded for repairs, the carrier’s CEO said.
“It got repaired in Denpasar (in Bali) and then it was flown to
Jakarta,” Edward Sirait told AFP, without specifying the nature of the
problem.
“Engineers in Jakarta received notes and did another repair before it
took off” on Monday.
“That’s the normal procedure for any plane.”
BSS/AFP/IJ/1430 hrs