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Indonesian investigators say automatic throttle problems may have caused Sriwijaya Air crash
A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, leading to the Boeing plane’s plunge into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators say.
Key points:
- Pilots of previous flights reported problems with the automatic throttle system
- The Boeing jet was 26 years old and was out of service for almost nine months last year
- Divers are still searching for a missing memory unit from the plane
National Transportation Safety Committee investigators said they were still struggling to understand why the jet nosedived into the water minutes after taking off from Jakarta on January 9, killing all 62 people on board.
The investigators issued a preliminary report that provided new details of the…
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