Crash aircraft went from dormant to high-level activity in just days

The ageing Indonesian plane which crashed earlier this month killing 62 people had gone from no flights in nine months during COVID-19 to 132 in less than a month.

According to Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which plunged into the Java Sea, had been in a hangar for most of last year after the pandemic wiped out most commercial flight in the country.