Lion B739 near Batam on Jan 5th 2016, flaps indication enroute

Last Update: January 7, 2016 / 22:18:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lion Air

Flight number
JT-388

Aircraft Registration
PK-LFZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

A Lion Air Boeing 737-900, registration PK-LFZ performing flight JT-388 from Jakarta to Pekanbaru (Indonesia) with 210 people on board, was enroute at FL300 about 230nm southsoutheast of Batam (Indonesia) when the crew received a flaps indication prompting the crew to descend the aircraft to FL200, turn north and divert to Batam for a safe landing about 50 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration PK-LHU departed 5 hours after landing and reached Pekanbaru with a delay of 5.5 hours.

Maintenance was seen working at the left hand wing after landing.

The airline confirmed a flaps indication prompted the crew to divert to Batam.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lion Air

Flight number
JT-388

Aircraft Registration
PK-LFZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

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