LionAir crash: Third pilot was on plane's next-to-last flight
Jakarta - A third pilot was on a Lion Air flight that encountered technical problems the night before the same plane crashed into the sea on October 29, Indonesia crash investigators said Thursday.
The third pilot was an off-duty staffer who was returning from Bali to Jakarta and was qualified to fly the Max 8. The off-duty pilot told the crew to cut power to the motor in the trim system that was driving the nose down, the report said. The system has been installed by Boeing on its latest generation of 737 to prevent the plane's nose from getting too high and causing the aircraft to stall.
Tjahjono declined to comment on remarks by Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges that there were "clear similarities" between the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the Lion Air crash.
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