Lion Air Interim Report Highlights Confusion And Dysfunction

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A preliminary report on the Lion Air Flight 610 (JT610) accident investigation sheds little new light on why the pilots did not keep the hard-to-control aircraft from entering its final, fatal dive. But it confirms that familiar procedures being reemphasized to pilots for managing uncommanded nose...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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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