The deadly crash of a Lion Air jet in the Java Sea has renewed questions about the safety of Indonesian airlines, not long after US and European regulators removed prohibitions against them. ACHMAD IBRAHIM/AP Rescuers conduct a search operation after the Lion Air plane crashed into the sea off Java. * In 2015, a turboprop operated by Indonesia's Trigana Air crashed in Papua province, killing all 54 people on board. The Lion Air crash appears to be the first involving the Boeing 737 Max 8, a more fuel-efficient update of Boeing's popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever. Lion Air received the jet involved in the crash just two months ago.

Source: Stuff October 29, 2018 21:33 UTC