The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet has been downloaded successfully and includes the last minutes of the flight that ended with 62 people dead, an official at Indonesia's air accident investigator said on Monday.
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Updated Feb 10, 2021 · 03:25 pm Rescue workers inspect recovered debris at the port in Jakarta on January 10, during the search operation for Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 which crashed after takeoff from Jakarta. | Dany Krisnadhi / AFP
Indonesian investigators on Wednesday said that a malfunctioning throttle may have caused the pilots of the Sriwijaya Air plane to lose control, leading to the aircraft crashing into the sea on January 9, reported AP. All 62 people on board had died in the crash.
In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Committee investigators provided details of the pilots’ struggle to fly the plane as soon as it was airborne. The investigators, however, also said that they were struggling to understand why the plane nosedived into the Java sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta.
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.
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.
On Wednesday, investigators said they were probing the autothrottle system as they published their interim report.
The investigators issued a preliminary report that provided new details of the pilots struggle to fly the plane from almost as soon as it became airborne.