- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 29, 2020
Time: 2000
Location: Manila, Philippines
Operator: Lion Air Inc.
Flight #: ?
Route: Manila - Tokyo
AC Type: IAI 1124A Westwind II
Registration: RP-C5880
cn / ln: 353
Aboard: 8   (passengers:5  crew:3)
Fatalities: 8   (passengers:5  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The air ambulance crashed on takeoff from runway 24 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport while conducting a medical evacuatiion flight. The plane was carrying three medical personnel, three flight crew, a patient and a companion, a senator and head of the Philippine Red Cross, The decision of the PF to abort the take-off after VR that resulted to runway excursion. Incorrect pilot techniques or procedures in the high-speed rejected take-off. The crew's complacency by skipping required briefing item in the before take-off checklist, in this case, the considerations in the event of a malfunction before/after V1.
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