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This could have led to pilots losing control, says source familiar with investigation
Indonesian President Joko Widodo beside the debris of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 recovered from waters off Jakarta, during a visit to Tanjung Priok port in the country s capital on Wednesday.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedJan 22, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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Bayu Wardoyo tends to skip the 6 a.m. breakfast of Indonesian fried rice served to divers on the ship searching for wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed in the Java Sea on Jan. 9. He prefers coffee, light snacks and some fruit to prepare for the long day ahead.
Indonesian investigators probing the Jan. 9 crash of a Sriwijaya Air flight are looking at the possibility that a malfunctioning automatic throttle could have led to the pilots losing control, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Indonesian investigators probing the Jan. 9 crash of a Sriwijaya Air flight are looking at the possibility that a malfunctioning automatic throttle could have led to the pilots losing control, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
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Indonesia Sriwijaya Air crash investigator hopes for recovery of cockpit voice recorder
A National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) official holds a part of the retrieved black box of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, which crashed into the sea, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 12, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
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JAKARTA: Indonesia s air accident investigator is still hoping to recover the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet to better understand information obtained from the flight data recorder, an official said on Tuesday (Jan 19).