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Lion Air

Company

Indonesian airline; Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in October 2018 due to MCAS automated system malfunction, killing all 189 on board. The incident exposed critical flaws in Boeing's automated flight control system.

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-LIONAIR
Type
Organization · Company
HQ
Indonesia

Roles
Deployer Victim
Incidents
1

First Incident
2018-10

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-18-0003 Boeing 737 MAX MCAS Automation Failures — Two Fatal Crashes critical 2018-10

Incidents Harmed By (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-18-0003 Boeing 737 MAX MCAS Automation Failures — Two Fatal Crashes critical 2018-10

Context & Analysis

Lion Air appears in 1 documented incident spanning October 2018. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Human-AI Control (1 incident). The most common pattern is Overreliance & Automation Bias, appearing in 2 incidents.

Threat Domains

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Lion Air, and what role did it play?

Lion Air appeared as deployer in 1 incident; victim in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-18-0003 Boeing 737 MAX MCAS Automation Failures — Two Fatal Crashes (critical severity, 2018-10) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Lion Air?

Lion Air's incidents involve Overreliance & Automation Bias , Accumulative Risk & Trust Erosion . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Lion Air (ENT-LIONAIR) is documented at /entities/lion-air/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

Indonesian airline; Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in October 2018 due to MCAS automated system malfunction, killing all 189 on board. The incident exposed critical flaws in Boeing's automated flight control system. Incidents span 1 domain: Human-AI Control.

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