- Title: Indonesia jet had damaged airspeed indicator on last four flights: official
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE BY INDONESIA'S NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE (KNKT) (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) INDONESIA'S NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE CHIEF, SOERJANTO TJAHYONO, SAYING: "KNKT is formulating, with NTSB (U.S. National Transportation Safety Board), detailed inspections regarding the airspeed indicator from the last four flights." BANNER READING: (Bahasa Indonesia) "News Conference of Flight Crash" INDONESIA'S NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SUB-COMMITTEE HEAD FOR AIR ACCIDENTS OF INDONESIA'S NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE, NURCAHYO UTOMO SAYING: "We will inspect where the problem lies, what repair has been done, how the pilots flew the aircraft and with what damage." JOURNALISTS SITTING ON FLOOR, LISTENING TO CONFERENCE, AND TYPING ON PHONES END OF NEWS CONFERENCE EXTERIOR OF INDONESIA'S NATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE OFFICE INDONESIA'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY LOGO
- Embargoed: 19th November 2018 12:46
- Keywords: Indonesia plane crash Lion Air damaged airspeed indicator flight data recorder
- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0019589HDX
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said on Monday (November 5) an airspeed indicator of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX plane that crashed last week killing all 189 people on board was damaged for its last four flights.
The damage was revealed after data had been downloaded from the plane's flight data recorder, KNKT chief Soerjanto Tjahjono told reporters.
He added that KNKT was asking Boeing and U.S. authorities what action to take to prevent similar problems on this type of plane around the world.
Authorities have yet to recover the jet's cockpit voice recorder from the sea floor, just northeast of Jakarta, where the plane crashed 13 minutes into its flight.
The Lion Air crash was the first involving the type of plane, which airlines introduced into service last year.
Safety experts say it is too early to determine the cause of the crash on October 29 of the Lion Air flight from Jakarta to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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