The Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed last month killing 62 people had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led the plane into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea, a preliminary report by investigators said on Wednesday.
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The crash of a Sriwijaya Air flight off Indonesia last month, which killed everyone on board, may have been caused by a faulty auto-throttle device on the Boeing 737, investigators said in a preliminary report Wednesday.
By Alfred Chua2021-02-10T09:36:00+00:00
Indonesian investigators will focus their attention on the autothrottle system of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta, after revealing a thrust-lever asymmetry developed during the flight.
Preliminary investigations into the crash, which killed 62 passengers and crew, revealed that the 737’s autothrottle was found to be unserviceable on two occasions just days before the crash on 9 January.
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PK-CLC in December 2017. The aircraft formerly served with Continental Airlines.
Indonesia’s National Transport Safety Committee (NTSC) notes that on 3 and 4 January, the system was reported to be faulty, but was rectified immediately.