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Moments Before Lion Air Crash, Pilots Frantically Looked For...
As Lion Air Flight 610 bucked and weaved through clear skies over the Java Sea, the captain frantically urged his first officer to run through an emergency checklist.
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Inadequate Design, Certification To Blame For Boeing 737 Crash, Says Investigation
A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday.
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Indonesia's Lion Air Crash Report Recommends Redesign, Better Pilot Training
Indonesia has recommended closer scrutiny of automated control systems, better design of flight deck alerts and accounting for a more diverse pilot population in the wake of a Boeing 737 MAX crash, according to a copy of a final report seen by Reuters.
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Behind Boeing 737 Max Crisis: Lax Regulator, Top-Down Company Culture
Even before the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes claimed 346 lives, Boeing flight tests had revealed problems similar to those encountered by pilots on the ill-fated 737 MAX flights.
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Pilot Grounded After Beating Hotel Clerk Over Ironing
A pilot for Indonesia's Lion Air who beat a hotel clerk because he was unhappy with how his uniform was ironed has been grounded, the airline said Friday.
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Six Minutes To Disaster: How Ethiopian Air Pilots Battled Boeing 737 MAX
Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges said in a press conference on Thursday that the pilots followed proper procedures issued after the October crash of a Lion Air jet. She recommended that Boeing review its flight-control system.
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"Nobody Heard Us": Wife Of Lion Air's Indian Pilot On Boeing Troubles
Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them - again - to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Pilots Of Crashed Ethiopian Jet Used Flight Simulator
The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN.
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Minutes Before Lion Air Plane Crashed, Pilots Scrambled Through Handbook
Indonesian investigators said on Thursday the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Lion Air Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 jet showed pilots were searching for the right checklist in their handbooks and were experiencing airspeed and altitude issues.
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Pilot Who Hitched A Ride Saved Lion Air 737 Day Before Deadly Crash
As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit.
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"Allahu Akbar" Were Lion Air Co-Pilot's Last Words Before Crash: Report
The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downwards, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with knowledge of the cockpit voice recorder contents said.
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Indonesia To Introduce Boeing 737 MAX Simulator Requirements
Indonesia will immediately impose new requirements for simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots in the wake of a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in October, the country's transport ministry said Yesterday.
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Simulate Lion Air Crash To Train Boeing Pilots, Aviation Watchdog Says
Pilots flying Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India's aviation regulator said in statement on Thursday.
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Lion Air Crash Sheds Light on Dark Side of Cockpit Automation
As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature -- one that is now a focus of the investigation into a fatal crash last month near Indonesia.
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Lion Air Jet Should Have Been Grounded Before Fatal Flight: Officials
A Lion Air jet that crashed last month should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem and never permitted to make the fatal flight, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday in a report that took aim at the carrier's poor safety culture.
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Moments Before Lion Air Crash, Pilots Frantically Looked For...
As Lion Air Flight 610 bucked and weaved through clear skies over the Java Sea, the captain frantically urged his first officer to run through an emergency checklist.
-
Inadequate Design, Certification To Blame For Boeing 737 Crash, Says Investigation
A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday.
-
Indonesia's Lion Air Crash Report Recommends Redesign, Better Pilot Training
Indonesia has recommended closer scrutiny of automated control systems, better design of flight deck alerts and accounting for a more diverse pilot population in the wake of a Boeing 737 MAX crash, according to a copy of a final report seen by Reuters.
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Behind Boeing 737 Max Crisis: Lax Regulator, Top-Down Company Culture
Even before the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes claimed 346 lives, Boeing flight tests had revealed problems similar to those encountered by pilots on the ill-fated 737 MAX flights.
-
Pilot Grounded After Beating Hotel Clerk Over Ironing
A pilot for Indonesia's Lion Air who beat a hotel clerk because he was unhappy with how his uniform was ironed has been grounded, the airline said Friday.
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Six Minutes To Disaster: How Ethiopian Air Pilots Battled Boeing 737 MAX
Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges said in a press conference on Thursday that the pilots followed proper procedures issued after the October crash of a Lion Air jet. She recommended that Boeing review its flight-control system.
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"Nobody Heard Us": Wife Of Lion Air's Indian Pilot On Boeing Troubles
Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them - again - to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Pilots Of Crashed Ethiopian Jet Used Flight Simulator
The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN.
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Minutes Before Lion Air Plane Crashed, Pilots Scrambled Through Handbook
Indonesian investigators said on Thursday the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Lion Air Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 jet showed pilots were searching for the right checklist in their handbooks and were experiencing airspeed and altitude issues.
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Pilot Who Hitched A Ride Saved Lion Air 737 Day Before Deadly Crash
As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit.
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"Allahu Akbar" Were Lion Air Co-Pilot's Last Words Before Crash: Report
The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downwards, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with knowledge of the cockpit voice recorder contents said.
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Indonesia To Introduce Boeing 737 MAX Simulator Requirements
Indonesia will immediately impose new requirements for simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots in the wake of a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in October, the country's transport ministry said Yesterday.
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Simulate Lion Air Crash To Train Boeing Pilots, Aviation Watchdog Says
Pilots flying Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India's aviation regulator said in statement on Thursday.
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Lion Air Crash Sheds Light on Dark Side of Cockpit Automation
As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature -- one that is now a focus of the investigation into a fatal crash last month near Indonesia.
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Lion Air Jet Should Have Been Grounded Before Fatal Flight: Officials
A Lion Air jet that crashed last month should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem and never permitted to make the fatal flight, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday in a report that took aim at the carrier's poor safety culture.
