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View all search resultsThe Indonesian Embassy in Washington urges the bereaved families of those who perished on board the Lion Air Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft that crashed last year, to get in touch with its officials, following confirmation that Boeing will provide compensation to the tune of US$50 million.
As speed and altitude readings started going haywire, a device known as a stick shaker activated on the left side of the cockpit, where the captain sits. The mechanism makes a loud noise and rattles a pilot’s control column to warn of an impending aerodynamic stall.
That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system and save the plane, according to two people familiar with Indonesia’s investigation.
Boeing’s $600 billion-plus order book for its 737 Max began shaking after several big customers threatened to reconsider their purchases in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second deadly accident involving the plane since October.
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