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Old 22nd Nov 2018, 15:00
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Originally Posted by Setpoint99
‘Spend the Minimum’: After Crash, Lion Air’s Safety Record Is Back in Spotlight

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The government safety inspector had spent all night at the Makassar airport, in eastern Indonesia, several years ago, poring over a Lion Air jet that had suffered a hydraulic failure. Telling airline employees that the plane was to be grounded until the problem was fixed, the inspector went back to a hotel for a quick shower.

When the inspector returned, the plane was on the runway, about to take off.

Furious, the inspector demanded that the passengers disembark. But a supervisor with Lion Air explained how the airline had gone over the inspector’s head: Federal transportation officials in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, had given permission for takeoff, the inspector said. The plane was in the air minutes later.
I would require a lot more information and context before getting outraged. What precisely was the "hydraulic failure"? Was it something which could legally be deferred in accordance with a MEL, and the inspector was trying to force them to replace something that the aircraft could be legally dispatched without?
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