Indonesia’s Air Navigation Agency is investigating claims that two aircraft almost had a head-on collision on Wednesday in Bali skies.
Hooray for more news that makes us less confident in Indonesian aviation.
AirNav Denpasar representative Maskon Humawan explained that the investigation is currently underway and his team is working to collect thorough flight navigation records and records from the two concerned aircraft.
Humawan said he couldn’t comment on much more before the investigation finishes.
The flights were identified in a Tribun Bali report as Garuda Indonesia flight GA 340, Surabaya to Denpasar and Lion Air flight JT 960, Bandung to Denpasar—this makes for the second time Lion Air has made headlines this week. A flight from Denpasar to Harbin, China was turned back to Bali when it reportedly didn’t have proper permission to crossover Hong Kong airspace.
The incident purportedly happened during poor weather conditions, when the Gardua flight was flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet and the Lion Air flight was at 17,000 feet, reports say.
