A Lion Air plane misses a Bali runway and skids into shallow water off the coast of Bali; all 101 crew members and passengers survived. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Workers take to the wing of a Lion Air Boeing 737 lying submerged in the water. Picture: AFP/Indonesian Search And Rescue Agency Source: AFP
A Lion Air Boeing 737 lies partially submerged in the water. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
A TORRENTIAL downpour engulfed the Lion Air plane that crashed in Bali at the weekend, a passenger said, describing how the sudden rain storm made the sky look "as if it was night".
The Indonesian plane missed the runway as it came in to land on Saturday, slamming into the sea and splitting in two. Dozens of the 108 people on board were injured, but there were no fatalities.
"The final approach was fine," French businessman Jean Grandy, 49, told AFP, adding that the descent was smooth.
"It did not even accelerate, there were just a few metres left to reach the runway.
"Then suddenly, a cloud enveloped us. Torrents of water were pouring on us, it was an enormous downpour. It only lasted two, three minutes.
"It was almost as if it was night, even though the sun had been shining just before."
His testimony backs up the idea put forward by some analysts that the crash was caused by freak weather, as opposed to pilot error or a problem with the new Boeing 737-800 jet.
The Frenchman owns a factory that makes shoes and had been travelling from the city of Bandung on Java island to Bali, where he lives.
Grandy said that the plane turned as one of the engines stopped working, before hitting the water.
He was sitting just by the part of the plane that cracked open, he said, and helped a boy out of the jet before making several trips back to help others until rescuers arrived.
"The crew were exceptional. They took charge and only left once everyone else was out of the plane," he said.
"There is no objective reason to think that another plane would have done any better. It was an extraordinary phenomenon - torrents of water pouring down."
And the accident had not put him off using Lion Air - he plans to take a flight on the budget carrier from Bali to Jakarta on Wednesday.
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