Sriwijaya

Indonesia plane crash: Faulty throttle may have caused Sriwijaya Boeing 737 diving into the sea

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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 today. National Transportation Safety Committee investigators said they are still struggling to understand why the jet nosedived into the water minutes after taking … Read more

Indonesia plane crash: Divers recover black box from Sriwijaya 737

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Indonesian navy divers today found a black box from the crashed passenger jet which plunged into the Java Sea three days ago with 62 people on board.  The Boeing 737’s flight data recorder was found on Tuesday with authorities saying it will take two to five days to extract the information on it as they … Read more