Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 engine turbine blades had been in service for 6,182 cycles (take-offs and landings) when General Electric said to discard blades after 6,000 cycles. Garuda Indonesia's fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft use the same registration numbers as their previous fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, meaning that the registration PK-GIE was passed onto a currently-in-service Boeing 777-300ER. Garuda Indonesia still uses GA-865 flight number, but now used on Bangkok - Jakarta route operated by Boeing 737-800NG. However, the airline terminated its destination to Fukuoka. Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 (GA/GIA 865) was a scheduled international flight from Fukuoka, Japan,
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 are brought to A310 standards, including the addition of electronic flight instrumentation. The two pilots aboard the accident flight were qualified to fly both the FFCC and the -600 model, however the adequacy of their conversion training between the two would later be called into question. At approximately 1:00pm, air traffic controllers in Medan cleared Flight 152 for an ILS approach into Runway 05 from its current 316 degree heading. The crew, led by Captain Rahmo Wiyogo, 42, a pilot with over 20 years of flying experience at Garuda Indonesia and more than 12,000 flying hours, and First Officer Tata