The flight's captain was an Indian national, who had flown with the airline for more than seven years and had about 6,000 hours of flight experience; and the co-pilot was an Indonesian who had about 5,000 hours of flight experience.
Lion Air identificou ao capitán do voo como un cidadán indio que levaba voando coa compañía durante máis de sete anos e tiña unhas 6 000 horas de experiencia; e o copiloto era un indonesio cunhas 5 000 horas de voo.