[1] On 21 February 2007, the Boeing 737-300 operating the flight made a hard landing at Surabaya and suffered cracking of the fuselage in the middle of the passenger section.

[3] Immediately after the accident, Adam Air repainted the aircraft, covering the original orange livery with a plain white exterior.

[6] In the immediate aftermath a large number of passengers cancelled their flights with Adam Air,[7] stating that they had "lost faith" in the airline.

[12] Investigators compiled data from the Indonesian weather agency and the air traffic control center in Surabaya in an attempt to determine the cause.

[4] The final report from the NTSC stated that the probable cause of the accident was an excessive sink rate upon touchdown, following an unstabilised approach.

The vertical acceleration on landing was measured at 5 g. Additionally, the aircraft initially touched down with the right main gear approximately 4 metres (13 ft) outside of the runway edge.

[15] Pilots reported repeated and deliberate breaches of international safety regulations, with aircraft being flown in non-airworthy states for months at a time.

[15][16] The Indonesian government announced plans immediately after the accident to ban jets over ten years of age for any commercial purpose.