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Indonesian family of woman who died in Sriwijaya Air crash hope preliminary report will help improve aviation safety
By Indonesia correspondent Anne Barker and wires
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ThuThursday 11
FebFebruary 2021 at 1:51am
Rafik Yusuf Alaydrus (right) lost his wife Panca in the Sriwijaya Air crash that killed 62 people in January.
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The husband of a woman who died in the Sriwijaya Air crash says he hopes that Indonesia will be stricter about regulations on airplane conditions, so this kind of accident won t happen again .
Rafik Yusuf Alaydrus s wife of 23 years, Panca, was on the flight, having left Pontianak on December 22 to visit family in Slawi, in central Java.
Indonesian investigators said that the Sriwijaya Air plane crash that killed 62 people last month was caused due to a malfunctioning automatic throttle.
Preliminary investigation finds autothrottle system controlling engine power could have malfunctioned Nicky Aulia Widadio | 11.02.2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia
The preliminary investigation into the crash of an Indonesian passenger plane last month found anomalies in the autothrottle system of the aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Committee revealed an initial report on Wednesday over the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 flight which crashed into the Java Sea on Jan. 9, killing all 62 crew and passengers on board.
The results showed that the autothrottle system, which controls engine power automatically, could have malfunctioned.
“Both autothrottles of the plane showed anomalies,” said Nurcahyo Utomo, the air safety investigator.