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LION AIR JET HAD PROBLEM WITH AIRSPEED INDICATOR ON LASTFOUR FLIGHTS -INDONESIA OFFICIALS
The last four flights a Lion Air passenger plane embarked upon before its fatal descent into the Java Sea all had a problem with the airspeed indicator, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee has found.
Committee head Soerjanto Tjahjono and investigator Nurcahyo Utomo told a news conference that the problem was similar on each of the four flights, including the one on October 29 that killed all189 people on board.
The stunning revelation came after angry relatives confronted the airline's co-founder at a meeting organised by Indonesian officials. At the meeting, Mr Soerjanto said information downloaded from the flight data recorder was consistent with reports the plane's speed and altitude were erratic.
Mr Soerjanto told reporters the safety committee was asking Boeing and air safety authorities in the United States what action to take to prevent similar problems on this type of plane aroundthe world. "We are formulating, with [the National Transportation Safety Board in the US] and Boeing, detailed inspections regarding the airspeed indicator," he said.
Itwas not immediately clear whether the reported problem stemmed from a mechanical or maintenance issue, nor whether US authorities would order anychecks. "Whether the trouble came from its indicator, its measuring device or sensor, or a problem with its computer — this is what we do not know yet," Mr Nurcahyo said. "We don't know yet where the problem lies, what repair has been done, what their reference books are, what components have been removed. "These are the things we are trying t ofind out: what was the damage and how it was fixed."
Safety experts have said it is too early to determine the cause of the crash of the flight. Authorities have yet to recover the jet's cockpit voice recorder from the sea floor, just north-east of Jakarta, wherethe plane crashed 13 minutes into its flight. Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US manufacturer has delivered 219 of the737 MAX jets to airlines around the world. The Lion Air crash was the first involving this type of plane, which was only introduced into service last year.
Reuters
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