JAKARTA (AFP): A pilot for Indonesia's Lion Air who beat a hotel clerk because he was unhappy with how his uniform was ironed has been grounded, the airline said Friday (May 3). The budget airline said the pilot was suspended following the April 30 incident at a hotel in the city of Surabaya. "Currently Lion Air is gathering data and other information needed for an investigation," company spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement. "If the pilot is found guilty after the investigation, Lion Air will apply firm sanctions by dismissing him from the company." Last year, a nearly new Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX slammed into the sea shortly after takeoff from the capital Jakarta, killing all 189 people aboard.

Source: The Star May 03, 2019 07:07 UTC