Adam Air Flight 172 Totally Explained

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Adam Air Flight 172 was a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-300, registered PK-KKV, flying on a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Indonesia Between Jakarta and Surabaya.

Incident

The plane bent upon landing at Juanda International Airport, with the fuselage cracking in the middle of the passenger section. It was reported that the landing itself was particularly hard, with baggage being ejected from cabin lockers into the cabin space. Subsequent flights to the airport were diverted to alternate airports. Immediately after the incident, Adam Air repainted the aircraft, hiding the original orange livery with a plain white exterior.

Grounding of Adam Air's 737s

As a result, all six remaining Adam Air 737s were immediately grounded awaiting safety checks. Adam Air described this as "harsh punishment" for an accident it blames on poor weather conditions causing a momentary loss of control, but Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said that all Boeing 737-300s should be checked. There were also suggestions that Adam Air should be suspended from all operations until the entire fleet could be checked, with MP Abdul Hakim saying "It will be good for the company and the government ... until the flight authorities can determine if Adam Air is still worthy as national aircraft company,". The Indonesian Transport Ministry has said that if the aircraft show signs of problems, the checks will be expanded to cover all 737s currently operating in Indonesia. On March 5 it was reported that five of the six aircraft have returned to normal operations, but the sixth is still undergoing a full maintenance overhaul at a maintenance, repair and overhaul firm GMF AeroAsia facility. Adam Air had resumed an entirely normal schedule by March 9.

Investigation

The incident is presently under investigation by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (INTSC). Investigators are currently compiling data from the Indonesian weather agency and from the air traffic control center in Surabaya in an attempt to determine the cause, and have also interviewed the pilot. Officials state the aircraft did pass safety checks prior to its departure.

Aftermath

Even though the accident remains under investigation, the Indonesian government announced plans immediately after the accident to ban jets over ten years of age for any commercial purpose. The age limit is currently 35 years or 70,000 landings. Although this is in response to a large number of aircraft accidents, it's mainly in response to this accident and the loss of Flight 574. Indonesia has also announced plans to reshuffle the Transportation Ministry in response to this incident, Flight 574 and the loss of the ferries MV Senopati Nusantara and Levina 1. Among those to be replaced are the directors of air and sea transports and the chairman of the National Committee for Transportation Safety. Indonesia also intends to introduce a new system of ranking airlines according to their safety record, with a level one ranking meaning the airline has no serious issues, a level two ranking meaning the airline must fix problems, and a level three rating forcing the airline to be shut down.Further Information

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