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Pilot issued an alert saying he needed to turn back due to technical difficulties
He was able to resolve problems and continue through to Bali's Denpasar airport
Passengers recalled a bumpy ride which was confirmed by data tracking sites

By Brooke Rolfe For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 19:05 EDT, 1 November 2018 | Updated: 19:11 EDT, 1 November 2018

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The pilot flying the Lion Air plane the day before it crashed and killed 189 people issued an alert saying it needed to turn back due to technical difficulties.

But the Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Bali's Denpasar airport continued through to Indonesia's capital after the pilot went bacl on his initial request to turn around, according to Herson, airport authority chief for Bali-Nusa Tenggara.

He made a radio alert to turn back to Bali just minutes into the flight, however was able to overcome the problem and continue the journey, Mr Herson told Reuters,ABC reported.

'The captain himself was confident enough to fly to Jakarta from Denpasar,' Mr Herson said.

The pilot flying the Lion Air plane the day before it crashed and killed 189 people issued an alert saying it needed to turn back due to technical difficulties (plane debris pictured)

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Bali's Denpasar airport continued through to Jakarta after the pilot reneged on his initial request to turn around (Navy frogmen retrieve debris)

He made a radio alert to turn back to Bali just minutes into the flight, however was able to overcome the problem, Mr Herson told Reuters (Navy officers unload wreckage)

Hours after landing in Jakarta at 10.30pm, the same plane carrying 189 left for Bangka island, east of Sumatra, and fell from sky 13 minutes into its flight.

The captain again issued an alert to turn back to Jakarta just moments after taking off, but the plane plunged into the Java Sea and killed everyone on board.

Lion Air confirmed the plane suffered a technical issue on Sunday, but stated it had been 'resolved according to procedure'.

A black box from flight JT-610 was found on the ocean floor on Thursday, however it was not yet known if it was the cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder.

The data recorder would provide crucial details about the plane's final moments and potentially solve the mystery of why it went down.

A black box (pictured) from flight JT-610 was found on the ocean floor on Thursday, however it was not yet known if it was the cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder

The data recorder would provide crucial details about the plane's final moments and potentially solve the mystery of why it went down

The two-month-old Lion Air jet (pictured) had suffered engine trouble the day before it crashed and killed 189 people

Passengers on the flight the day beforehand recalled a bumpy flight which was delayed by two hours, including 30 minutes spent waiting in the cabin in the heat.

Travelers noted an 'unusual' rumbling coming from the engine and a 'roller coaster'-like flight, which combined with the heat caused some people to become ill.

Data from flight-tracking sites showed the plane was unstable during the first minutes of its second last flight, showing erratic speeds, altitude and direction just after take off.

That data was similar to information transmitted in the first minutes of Monday's fatal flight, but could be put down to errors in the site's tracking software.

A large debris field was found floating in the ocean shortly after the crash, but this is the first time wreckage has been seen on the sea floor

An Indonesian diver tests his air supply before going underwater to search for the wreck

Daniel Adi said there was 'no reason' people should be scared of flying with the airline

To confirm suspicions, investigators would have to match it against data stored in the plane's black box flight recorders, but these details have not yet been revealed.

Lion Air boss Daniel Adi said he could not understand why people would be scared to fly with his airline after the crash, telling ABC, 'We have already tried to do our best to evaluate what happened'.

'Now is the second time we've been audited by IOSA (International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit) and we've passed, so for sure, why we have to be scared or don't want to fly with us? I don't know. There is no reason for that.'

The technical director of Lion Air who gave the green light for the plane to be flown on Monday has been given his marching orders by Indonesia's transport minister.

'We will remove Lion's technical director from his duties to be replaced by someone else, as well as technical staff' who cleared the flight to depart,' Budi Karya Sumadi told reporters on Wednesday.

He said the airline would undergo a ministry inspection and an industry-wide investigation into Indonesia's low-cost airlines would be conducted.