THE aircraft is languishing on the Terminal 1 apron at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang. Its entire fuselage is covered with white paint, including the airline’s logo and aviation number on its body and tail.

This is the MD-90 aircraft owned by Lion Air that was serving the route between Jakarta and the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar, which skidded off the runway on Monday two weeks ago. The forward and left-hand landing gear