{"id":46535,"date":"2021-01-09T14:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46535"},"modified":"2021-01-09T14:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T18:29:03","slug":"why-did-they-ever-put-these-dangerously-defective-boeing-737s-back-into-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46535","title":{"rendered":"Why did they ever put these dangerously defective Boeing 737s back into service?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 passenger plane feared to have crashed in Indonesia<\/h1>\n

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image captionRelatives of those on board are waiting anxiously for news<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 62 people is believed to have crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Sriwijaya Air disappeared from radars four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is thought to have dropped more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in less than a minute, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Witnesses said they had seen and heard at least one explosion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fisherman Solihin, who goes by one name, told the BBC Indonesian service he had witnessed a crash and his captain decided to return to land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The plane fell like lightning into the sea and exploded in the water,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It was pretty close to us, the shards of a kind of plywood almost hit my ship.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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