Pilots of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 had reported problems with the autothrottle (A/T) system command 65 times in the eight years before a Jan. 9, 2021, crash that killed all 62 passengers and crewmembers, Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) says.
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‘Prolonged and Unresolved’ Problem
Indonesian accident investigators say a recurring autothrottle problem and the pilots’ inadequate UPRT contributed to the fatal crash of a Boeing 737.