A Lion Air passenger plane hit a lamp post at airport in Sumatra

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• A Lion Air jet clipped a lamp post at an airport in
  Sumatra on Wednesday night.
• The incident occurred before takeoff as the plane
  taxi
  ed to the runway.
• This latest accident occurred fewer than two weeks
  after
  a
  Lion Air jet fell into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff
  from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. It was
  Indonesia’s worst air disaster in 20 years.

A Lion Air passenger plane reportedly hit a lamp post, fewer than
two weeks after Indonesia’s discount carrier crashed a jet off
the coast of Java,
killing all 189 people on board.

Late on Wednesday,
according to Bloomberg, a Boeing 737-900ER operated by Lion
Air subsidiary, PT Lion Mentari Airlines hit a pole causing
significant structural damage to the wing.

The plane was taxiing at Bengkulu Fatmawati Soekarno airport in
the island of Sumatra. The accident left a significant hole in
the left wing. Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry has said it
will investigate the incident which happened around 6:30 p.m.
local time.

The loss of Lion Air flight JT610 on October 28, which fell into
the ocean just 13 minutes after leaving Jakarta, was Indonesia’s
worst air disaster in two decades. It was also Lion Air’s first
accident since 2004.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday

also issued an emergency airworthiness directive on about 250
Boeing 737 Max aircraft after
Boeing issued a bulletin to customers of the 737 Max in the
aftermath of the Lion Air tragedy.