Boeing Co issued a technical bulletin to airlines reminding them to ensure pilots closely monitor the airplane’s state and flight path to prevent a loss of control in flight, according to a document seen by Reuters. The bulletin, dated February 15., was sent after Indonesia issued a preliminary report into a Jan. 9 Sriwijaya Air crash that killed all 62 people on board a 737-500. Boeing, which was criticised for blaming pilots over a 2018 737 MAX crash in Indonesia later tied to a faulty system, has not issued any comment on the causes of the Sriwijaya crash. Safety experts caution it is too early to say what caused the Sriwijaya crash. One of the pilots was speaking to air traffic control and there is no evidence in the report that they noticed a difference in thrust.

Source: Standard Digital February 18, 2021 11:03 UTC