Lionair B739 at Medan on Jun 4th 2012, aircraft disabled during line up

Last Update: June 4, 2012 / 21:27:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2012

Airline
Lion Air

Flight number
JT-385

Aircraft Registration
PK-LFH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

A Lionair Boeing 737-900, registration PK-LFH performing flight JT-385 from Medan to Jakarta (Indonesia), was cleared to line up runway 23 via taxiway A and was taxiing onto the runway when the crew stopped the aircraft and requested to be towed back to the apron stating the aircraft was disabled.

The runway was closed for about 40 minutes as a result until the aircraft was towed to the apron. About 8 arrivals were sent into a holding.

The incident aircraft was able to depart about 2 hours later and reached Jakarta with a delay of just above 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2012

Airline
Lion Air

Flight number
JT-385

Aircraft Registration
PK-LFH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

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