On October 29 , 2018 , Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 from Soekarno – Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang crashed into the Java Sea 12 minutes after takeoff . All 189 passengers and crew were killed in the accident . The preliminary report tentatively attributed the accident to the erroneous angle-of-attack data and automatic nose-down trim commanded by MCAS . The 737 MAX aircraft was delivered prior , on August 13 , 2018 . This is the deadliest crash involving the Boeing 737 MAX as well as the deadliest crash involving the Boeing 737 regardless of variant
Lion Air Flight 610
Lion Air Flight 610
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