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Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 experienced a thrust imbalance prior to going down in the Java Sea on Jan. 9, 2021, according to the preliminary accident report issued by Indonesia’s Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT/National Transportation Safety Committee) on Wednesday. Data from the Boeing 737-500’s flight data recorder (FDR) showed that the thrust lever for the aircraft’s left engine started reducing while the thrust lever position of the right engine remained the same as the aircraft climbed through 8,150 feet shortly after takeoff from Jakarta’s Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK). The trend continued as the aircraft reached 10,900 feet, at which point the autopilot disengaged and the aircraft rolled left to more than 45 degrees. When the autothrottle disengaged five seconds later, the 737 was at a 10-degree nose-down pitch angle.
A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500 s crash into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday.
The agency released its preliminary report on crash that killed all 62 passengers and crew.
Jakarta:
A crashed Indonesian passenger jet s throttles showed an anomaly and had been repaired several times before the deadly accident, but the exact cause of last month s fatal dive was still unclear, investigators said Wednesday.
A potential malfunction in the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 s engine control system was highlighted in a preliminary report on the January 9 crash which killed all 62 passengers and crew, including nearly a dozen children.
The 26-year-old plane previously flown by US-based Continental Airlines and United Airlines plunged around 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) and crashed into waters off Jakarta just minutes after takeoff.
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A faulty engine throttle may have contributed to the crash of an Indonesian jetliner last month that killed all 62 people aboard, the country's air