[NEW UPDATE] Lion Air to Give US$5,661 to Each Bali Crash Victim
All 108 passengers and crew survive after Lion Air Boeing 737 plunges 50 metres and cracks in two off Indonesian island. An official with Bali's search and rescue agency, I Made Krisna Maharta, said all of the passengers and crew had been safely rescued and that 22 people were taken to three hospitals with various injuries. He said initial reports showed there were 101 passengers and seven crew members aboard.
By Sadho Ram — 14 Apr 2013, 02:33 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Lion Air to give Rp 55 million to each Bali crash victim
The management of Lion Air has announced it will give Rp 55 million (US$5.661) in cash to each passenger on its aircraft that crash landed in the sea in Bali last week
Lion Air service airport manager Capt. Daniel Putut said the management had prepared Rp 5.5 billion ($566 million) to compensate the passengers.
“The company has allocated Rp 5.5 billion for all 101 passengers, meaning that each passenger will receive Rp 55 million,” Daniel said as quoted by tempo.co recently.
The brave surfers
Ben Panangian, who is also a renowned stand-up paddle boarder in Indonesia, was first on the scene when the new Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway at Bali Airport and crashed into the sea. He and his friends helped pull dozens of passengers from the stricken Lion Air plane.
Image via akamaihd.netThis is how they rescued the passengers
Surfer Ben Panangian and three friends had been surfing when they heard what they first thought was thunder.
grindtv.com
Surfer Ben Panangian, who is dating Schapelle Corby, paddled out to the Lion Air jet when it overshot a runway and plunged into the sea, eventually snapping in half.
sky.com
The 31-year-old said that when he and his friends reached the jet, they began transporting those could not swim to the shore.
news.com.au
"Most people were in shock, they were panicking," he said. "There was one man who could not walk ... and there was one woman whose face was bleeding."
sky.com
Lion Air pilot felt jet 'dragged' from the sky
The pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it "dragged" down by wind while he struggled to regain control.
Officials stress it is too early to say what caused the incident, which is being investigated by Indonesian authorities with the assistance of U.S. crash investigators and Boeing.
reuters.com
But initial debriefings, witness comments and weather bulletins have focused attention on the possibility of "wind shear" or a downdraft from storm clouds known as a "microburst"
usatoday.com
The co-pilot, an Indian national with 2,000 hours of relevant flying experience, was in charge for the domestic trip, which was scheduled to last one hour and 40 minutes.
Bad weather possible cause of Lion Air crash
Extreme weather conditions are being looked at as one of the possible causes of the crash of a Lion Air jet off the island of Bali, an Indonesian official said.
Authorities say they won't have an answer till a month, some experts said that rain may have reduced visibility and a "microburst" or a downdraf from storm clouds could have pushed the aircraft down
nasdaq.com
A phenomenon called "wind shear"—a change in wind direction for a few seconds that also can cause planes to rapidly lose altitude—could also have been the culprit, experts said.
Investigators probe Lion Air crash in Bali
Indonesian investigators on Sunday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the resort island of Bali.
philly.com
The new Boeing 737-800 had been trying to land at Denpasar's Ngurah Rai International Airport about 3.30pm local time (1730 AEST) on Saturday when it crashed.
All 101 passengers and seven crew on the Lion Air flight survived, although dozens were said to be injured and at least seven were taken to hospital with head wounds and broken bones.
Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said the NTSC is examining the wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that snapped in half before coming to rest in shallow water near Bali's airport Sat.
The aviation authorities have already removed the plane's flight data recorder and are now planning to tow the aircraft and retrieve its cockpit voice recorder located in the tail.
Officials said there were 3 foreigners on board, 2 S'poreans and a French national, all of whom suffered slight injuries. He added that the pilots will also undergo drug testing.
philly.com
Bali airliner crash injures 22 but all passengers including crew member survive
Rescue workers at a Lion Air plane that overshot the runway and hit the water Saturday in Bali,Indonesia.
Image via wsj.net
A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said.
guardian.co.uk
The aircraft was not able to reach the runway due to the incident, said Lion Air general affairs director Edward Sirait.
Edward said the Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft had just been received by the airline in March. He added the aircraft was piloted by Ghozali, whom he claimed to have had more than 10,000 flying hours.
Pictures of passengers injured in the crash
Lion Air has confirmed that it will cover medical expenses for 46 victims who sustained injuries when its Boeing 737-800 aircraft ditched in the sea off Ngurah Rai International Airport.