Lion Air Flight 538 (JT538/LNI538) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to Surabaya, with a stopover at Surakarta, all in Indonesia. On 30 November 2004, whilst landing at Surakarta, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 overran the rain-soaked runway of Adi Sumarmo Airport, and impacted a concrete localizer antenna base beyond the end of the runway, causing the aircraft to break apart; 25 people on board were killed in the crash, including the captain.
Lion Air Flight 538 (JT538/LNI538) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to Surabaya, with a stopover at Surakarta, all in Indonesia. On 30 November 2004, whilst landing at Surakarta, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 overran the rain-soaked runway of Adi Sumarmo Airport, and impacted a concrete localizer antenna base beyond the end of the runway, causing the aircraft to break apart; 25 people on board were killed in the crash, including the captain.
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