Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan also asked the Director General of Civil Aviation to call the NTSC to investigate the cause of the accident, later criticising Angkasa Pura for the vacuum of power at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport for the past two weeks.

Several politicians criticised the decision to change the operation of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport from military to joint-use.

[6] Based on a press conference conducted by the Director General of Civil Aviation, the accident occurred at 19:55 WIB.

Flight 7703 then "shook", veered and its wing caught fire, survivors recalling that some passengers didn't know that a collision had happened, and only felt a bump similar to that of a car's tire hitting a hole in the street, while others were crying and "screaming in terror".

The witnesses stated that there was a loud bang when the collision happened, several seconds later, they noticed that Flight 7703's left wing was on fire.

Jonan later criticised Angkasa Pura for the vacuum of power in Halim Perdanakusuma Airport's management for the preceding two weeks.

NTSC would also interview the ground crew on the tow truck, investigate the taxi procedure, as well as the maintenance of both aircraft.

Owing to a large number of air accident cases in Indonesia, NTSC stated that it would take up to five months to solve the cause of the collision.

Therefore, the NTSC could only retrieve the flight recorders from the Boeing 737, which was supported with AC electrical power at the time.

Based on interview of the ground crew, the towed ATR 42 requested for a reposition to the south apron.

[20]: 8–11 The pilot stated that during line up, the lights surround the turn pad were very bright and affected his forward vision for a short time.

While taking off, the First Officer then realised that there was an object in the runway (the ATR 42), the Captain quickly took over the control and applied a right rudder input immediately.

[20]: 8–11,20,22 At the conclusion of the investigations it was established that the causes of the accident were: The TransNusa ATR was damaged beyond repair and was written off, losing its vertical stabilizer and left outer wing.