Balikpapan Indonesia

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    Lion Air Runway Excursion

    What: Lion Air Boeing 737-900 en route from Tarakan to Balikpapan (Indonesia)
    Where: Balikpapan
    When: Oct 23rd 2011
    Who: 198 passengers and 7 crew
    Why: On landing in wet weather, the Lion Air Boeing 737-900 skidded off the wet runway off the paved area. There was heavy wind and rain, at the time of the landing. There were no injuries in the runway excursion.