Official: Previous unreliable airspeed readings on Lion Air 737 MAX 8

Credit: Lion Air
An Indonesian safety official has confirmed the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed Oct. 29 had unreliable airspeed readings on its previous flight. Flight JT610 took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at around 6:20 a.m. local time Oct. 29, and was scheduled to arrive at...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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