Sriwijaya Air crash places Indonesia's aviation safety under fresh spotlight

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Sriwijaya Air crash places Indonesia's aviation safety under fresh spotlight
By Jamie Freed, Stanley Widianto

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash-safety/sriwijaya-air-crash-places-indonesias-aviation-safety-under-fresh-spotlight-idUSKBN29F083


SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s chequered air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff on Saturday, marking the country’s third major airline crash in just over six years.

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The Sriwijaya crash of a Boeing Co 737-500 follows the loss of a Lion Air 737 MAX in October 2018 that contributed to a global grounding of the model and the crash of an AirAsia Indonesia Airbus SE A320 in December 2014.

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