Lion Air Ponders Canceling Boeing Jets in Row Over Crash: Sources

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) watches on as Ray Connor, Sr Vice President of Boeing and Rusdi Kirana, President Director of Lion Air (2nd L) exchange documents during a signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two companies on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 18, 2011. Jason Reed/File Photo/Reuters

PARIS/JAKARTA—Indonesia’s Lion Air is reviewing airplane purchases from Boeing Co. and has not ruled out canceling orders as relations worsen in a spat over responsibility for a 737 jetliner crash that killed 189 people in late October.

Co-founder Rusdi Kirana is furious over what he regards as attempts by Boeing to deflect attention from recent design changes and blame Lion Air for the crash, while the airline faces scrutiny over its maintenance record and pilots’ actions.