Schedule pressure caused Lion 737, A330 wing clip

Pressure for a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 crew to beat an airport curfew in Manado led to a misjudgement in maintaining distance separation with a an Airbus A330-300, leading to a ground collision with the widebody while taxiing at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International airport on 1 May 2016. In its final report, Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (NTSC) found that crew of the 737 were under pressure to operate flight JT770 on the Jakarta-Manado route, having landed in Jakarta late after operating two previous sectors. Story has details of the incident in which both aircraft were damaged. The 737 lost part of its left winglet; dents were found on the lower surface of the A330's right wing. The NTSC noted that there was no ground assistance provided to the 737 during taxiing, and that the wings of both aircraft had overlapped by 2m. This indicates a misjudgement by the 737 crew. While the dusk lighting condition at Soekarno-Hatta airport at that time may have increased difficulty for the 737's PIC to judge the distance, NTSB believes the pressure to arrive in Manado before its operating curfew had affected the PIC's ability to "process all available information".<br/>