Lion Air Flight 610
2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia
Lion Air Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, in Indonesia. On 29 October 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the route, carrying 181 passengers and 8 crew members, crashed into the Java Sea 11 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 occupants on board. It was the first major accident and hull loss of a 737 MAX, a then recently introduced aircraft.
It is the deadliest accident involving the Boeing 737 family, surpassing Air India Express Flight 812 in 2010. It was the deadliest accident in Lion Air's history, surpassing the 2004 Lion Air Flight 538 crash that killed 25, the deadliest aircraft accident in Indonesia since Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 in 1997, and the deadliest aircraft accident in the Java Sea, surpassing Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 in 2014.
The Indonesian government's search and rescue found debris and human remains soon after from a 280-kilometre-wide (150-nautical-mile) area. The first victim was identified two days after the crash. The flight data recorder (FDR) was found on 1 November and recovered for analysis. One diver also died during recovery operations.
The subsequent investigation, led by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), revealed that a new software function in the flight control system caused the aircraft to nose down.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lion Air Flight 610” as 2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q57912689. Authority coordinates are -5.771, 107.121. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2010, 2004 and 1997.
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