The expert said the reason for the fall of the newly bought Indonesian aircraft was

Perhaps due to the new, the flaws have not been revealed, causing the plane of Indonesian airline to suffer after several months of operation.

Lion Air flight JT 610 crashed into the sea with 189 passengers shortly after taking off from Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, according to the BBC. The attention of experts focused on the fact that the new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft . This is the first serious accident involving this model. Details and causes of the accident have not been confirmed until the authorities conduct a full investigation.

The JT 610 flight crashed into the sea yesterday with 189 passengers.(Photo: Business Insider).

Aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman said that conventional aircraft have a higher risk of accidents but new aircraft have some problems." If the plane is too new, sometimes defects only show up after the vehicle is used regularly. Time to detect problems always falls in the first three months , " Soejatman said. Lion Air's plane took a three-month milestone just a few weeks ago.

Another analyst, Jon Ostrower of the airline magazine The Air Current, said "there are always new problems. That's quite common but rarely threatens the safety of the aircraft. New planes. often less maintenance because almost everything is very new, " Ostrower shared.

Both analysts insisted it was too early to draw a final conclusion about the incident during Flight JT 610. "At the moment, I don't know the cause of the accident even though the plane is still quite new. There are many factors that can affect and cause problems on this plane, " BBC quoted Ostrower.

"Common causes are technical problems, but it is still too early to confirm this. We can only know exactly when there is more accurate information , " Soejatman said.

Parameters of the Boeing 737 MAX 8. Aircraft (Photo: BBC).

Aircraft accidents are often the result of many factors both technical and human but the new aircraft can also be a part of the cause. In July, Lion Air shared that they were very proud to become the first airline in Indonesia to use the aircraft with 218 orders worldwide.

The plane that caused the accident on October 29 has been in operation since August 15. The new vehicle has 800 hours of flying time, according to the leader of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Soerjanto Tjahjano. The operation of the aircraft controlled radio communication with the air traffic control center in Jakarta asked for permission to turn. not long after takeoff.

On October 28, the aircraft encountered some technical problems during the penultimate flight. The flight log of the flight from Denpasar Airport in Bali to Jakarta revealed a clock showing speed on the captain's dashboard unreliable. The display of the height at the captain's panel and the vice is also different. As a result, the captain gave control of the aircraft to the vice, the crew continued the flight and landed safely at Jakarta airport.

Route of JT 610 flight and aircraft location in distress.(Photo: BBC).

Lion Air has not yet confirmed the report, but this may be an unspecified "technical issue" on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Denpasar and Jakarta, according to the company's chief executive, Edward Sirait. Sirait said the problem "was handled according to the process" . He also shared today, Lion Air is operating 11 aircraft of the same type and it has not planned to suspend the operation of the remaining aircraft.

According to Boeing, the 737 MAX is the best-selling aircraft in history with a total of nearly 4,700 orders. The MAX 8 model received many orders from airlines, including American Airlines, United Airlines, Norway and FlyDubai.

Lion Air's JT610 number flight departs from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung Province, lost contact with the air traffic control station at 6.33 on October 29, only 13 minutes after takeoff. , then crashed into the sea.

Bambang Suryo Aji, director of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), said all 189 people on board could have died. Basarnas also announced 21 body bags, fragments from aircraft and victims' belongings that had been transferred to the hospital for identification.