Indonesia Train Crash

Four soldiers were killed and five others were injured after a helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Indonesia's Java island on Saturday, an army official said.

A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday.

Indonesia has recommended closer scrutiny of automated control systems, better design of flight deck alerts and accounting for a more diverse pilot population in the wake of a Boeing 737 MAX crash, according to a copy of a final report seen by Reuters.

Indonesia will immediately impose new requirements for simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots in the wake of a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in October, the country's transport ministry said Yesterday.

Pilots flying Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India's aviation regulator said in statement on Thursday.

Indonesian investigators said on Monday more training was needed for Boeing 737 MAX pilots after discovering the situation believed to have faced the crew of a doomed Lion Air jet was not contained in the aircraft's flight manual.

A collision between a commuter train and a minibus on a level crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured several others, an official said.

At least 35 people were injured today when a packed commuter train slammed into the back of another at a station in the Indonesian capital Jakarta during rush hour, an official said.

At least seven people died Monday when a commuter train collided with a truck hauling fuel in Indonesia's capital, sending a fireball of orange flames and black smoke shooting skyward.

A train crash in central Indonesia killed at least 43 people and injured dozens Saturday, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said.The toll was expected to rise with some bodies still trapped in the mangled wreckage.The accident occurred near a station in Petarukan, a city on the northern coast of Central Java province, at around 3 a.m...

Four soldiers were killed and five others were injured after a helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Indonesia's Java island on Saturday, an army official said.

A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday.

Indonesia has recommended closer scrutiny of automated control systems, better design of flight deck alerts and accounting for a more diverse pilot population in the wake of a Boeing 737 MAX crash, according to a copy of a final report seen by Reuters.

Indonesia will immediately impose new requirements for simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots in the wake of a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in October, the country's transport ministry said Yesterday.

Pilots flying Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India's aviation regulator said in statement on Thursday.

Indonesian investigators said on Monday more training was needed for Boeing 737 MAX pilots after discovering the situation believed to have faced the crew of a doomed Lion Air jet was not contained in the aircraft's flight manual.

A collision between a commuter train and a minibus on a level crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured several others, an official said.

At least 35 people were injured today when a packed commuter train slammed into the back of another at a station in the Indonesian capital Jakarta during rush hour, an official said.

At least seven people died Monday when a commuter train collided with a truck hauling fuel in Indonesia's capital, sending a fireball of orange flames and black smoke shooting skyward.

A train crash in central Indonesia killed at least 43 people and injured dozens Saturday, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said.The toll was expected to rise with some bodies still trapped in the mangled wreckage.The accident occurred near a station in Petarukan, a city on the northern coast of Central Java province, at around 3 a.m...