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Lion Air Flight 303

24 Apr 2015 · Kuala Namu International Airport, Medan

Boeing 737 · Smoke

From Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
214
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
3
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Boeing 737

Aircraft type
Boeing 737
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PK-LFT
Operator
Lion Air
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Kualanamu International Airport (KNO)To Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)

Approximate · Estimated position: Kualanamu International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

Lion Air Flight 303 was a Boeing 737-9GP aircraft belonging to the airline Lion Air that experienced a short circuit in an engine. The aircraft was scheduled to fly from Kuala Namu International Airport, Medan, to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. As a result of this incident, 3 passengers were injured. The passengers were injured while getting off the aircraft at around 12:10 WIB. They opened the emergency door and then jumped via the evacuation slide. At the time of the incident it is known that the aircraft's main door was open, but because of the panicked atmosphere someone opened the emergency door.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Indonesian Wikipedia article “Lion Air Penerbangan 303” (revision 29849423, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Indonesian Wikipedia article: Lion Air Penerbangan 303
Article
Lion Air Penerbangan 303
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
29849423 · 2026-09-17 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q20427602
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
id Wikipedia article "Lion Air Penerbangan 303" (page 1737410, revision 29849423), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Indonesian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.