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FILE: Rescue team members carry bodies in bags at the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX. Picture: AFP

Lion air

Sources: Boeing system triggered repeatedly in Ethiopian crash

By Reuters

The software known as MCAS is at the centre of accident probes in both the crash of Ethiopian flight 302 and a Lion Air accident in Indonesia five months...

  • A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 10 March 2019. Picture: AFP

    Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopia crash - 'WSJ'

    Embattled aviation giant Boeing pledged on Wednesday to do all it can to prevent future crashes as it unveiled a fix to the flight software of its grounded 737 MAX aircraft.

    756 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Cockpit voice recorder of Lion Air jet depicts pilots' frantic search for fix

    The investigation into the crash, which killed all 189 people on board in October, has taken on new relevance as the US FAA and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident in Ethiopia.

    765 days ago
  •  Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg. Picture: @BoeingCEO/Twitter

    Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg pens letter amid investigations

    Muilenberg says based on information provided from both the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes, they are taking actions to fully ensure the safety of the 737 max.

    766 days ago
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    Factfile on the Boeing 737 MAX 8

    Here are some quick facts on the Boeing 737 Max 8. A second model crashed in Ethiopia minutes after takeoff on Sunday, killing everyone on board.

    774 days ago
  • File: This photo taken on 10 October, 2018 shows a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the Mutiara Sis Al Jufri airport in Palu. Picture: AFP.

    Lion Air plane skids off runway at Indonesian airport

    The aircraft was operating a Jakarta-Pontianak service, with 182 passengers and seven crew members onboard, Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement.

    797 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Second black box from Lion Air crash found: Indonesian officials

    Divers have found the second black box from a doomed Lion Air jet that crashed last year killing all 189 people onboard, Indonesian authorities said Monday.

    830 days ago
  • FILE: Indonesian navy divers rest after recovering the wheels of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 from the sea, north of Karawang on 2 November 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Lion Air ends search for black box, Indonesian investigators plan own probe

    The cockpit voice recorder is likely to hold vital clues that could give investigators insight into the actions of the pilots.

    841 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Fatal air crashes & deaths up in 2018 - watchdog

    Three of last year's deadly accidents involved operators blacklisted by the European Union.

    842 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Lion Air to resume search for victims of Indonesia crash

    The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on October 29, crashing into waters off the north coast of Indonesia's Java Island and killing all 189 people onboard.

    858 days ago
  • Indonesian navy divers rest after recovering the wheels of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 from the sea, north of Karawang on 2 November 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Indonesia's Lion Air needs 'improved' safety culture: crash report

    Lion Air must take steps 'to improve the safety culture and to enable the pilot to make (a) proper decision to continue the flight,' it said in a statement.

    877 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Indonesia calls off the search for Lion Air crash victims

    Some 196 bags containing body parts have been recovered from under the water with 79 victims identified and handed over to their families for burial.

    895 days ago
  • Rescue personnel transfer a bag containing human remains into an ambulance at port in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on 29 October 2018, after being recovered at sea following the crash of Lion Air flight JT 610. All 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were 'likely' killed in the accident, the search and rescue agency said on 29 October, as it announced it had found human remains. Picture: AFP

    Indonesia hunts sea bed for crashed Lion Air jet's second black box

    Results of a preliminary investigation will be made public after 30 days, one panel official said.

    903 days ago
  • Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Piece of crashed Indonesian jet's landing gear found: official

    Referring to the landing gear, search and rescue agency head Muhammad Syaugi said, 'we have found part of it.'

    903 days ago
  • Rescue personnel transfer a bag containing human remains into an ambulance at port in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on 29 October 2018, after being recovered at sea following the crash of Lion Air flight JT 610. All 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were 'likely' killed in the accident, the search and rescue agency said on 29 October, as it announced it had found human remains. Picture: AFP

    Search for crashed Indonesian passenger aircraft widens

    Ground staff lost contact with flight JT610 of Indonesian budget airline Lion Air 13 minutes after the Boeing 737 MAX 8 took off early on Monday from Jakarta.

    905 days ago
  • Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Dirco offers help to Indonesia after deadly plane crash

    About 189 people are presumed dead after the flight went down in the ocean off the capital, Jakarta shortly after take-off.

    906 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Indonesia divers, underwater beacons hunt for air crash victims, wreckage

    There were 189 people on board flight JT610 of budget airline Lion Air when ground staff lost contact with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft early on Monday.

    906 days ago
  • Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP.

    All 189 on board crashed Indonesian jet feared dead

    The Boeing-737 MAX vanished from radar 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, plunging into the Java Sea moments after it had asked to return to the Indonesian capital.

    906 days ago
  • FILE: Members of a rescue team prepare to search for survivors from the Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea, at Jakarta seaport on 29 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    SA govt offers condolences after Lion Air plane crash

    At least 189 people were on board the Lion Air plane when it went down just minutes after take-off from the capital Jakarta.

    907 days ago
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