On October 29 , 2018 , Lion Air Flight 610 , 737 MAX 8 registration PK-LQP , plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes after take off from Soekarno – Hatta International Airport , Jakarta , Indonesia . The flight was a scheduled domestic flight to Depati Amir Airport , Pangkal Pinang , Indonesia . All 189 on board died . This was the first fatal aviation accident and first hull loss of a 737 MAX . The aircraft had been delivered to Lion Air two months earlier . People familiar with the investigation reported that during a flight piloted by a different crew on the day before the crash , the same aircraft experienced a similar malfunction but an extra pilot sitting in the cockpit jumpseat correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable the flight-control system . Following the Lion Air crash , Boeing issued an operational manual guidance , advising airlines on how to address erroneous cockpit readings . The accident is under investigation , with the final report expected to be released between August and September 2019
Lion Air Flight 610
Lion Air Flight 610
Boeing 737 MAX