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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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The crash of a Sriwijaya Air flight off Indonesia last month, which killed everyone on board, may have been caused by a faulty auto-throttle device on the Boeing 737, investigators said in a preliminary report Wednesday.