That pilot, seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system
— As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit.
The so-called dead-head pilot on the earlier flight from Bali to Jakarta told the crew to cut power to the motor driving the nose down, according to the people familiar, part of a checklist that all pilots are required to memorize. Representatives for Boeing and the Indonesian safety committee declined to comment on the earlier flight. Boeing shares were unchanged at $374.57 in pre-market trading Wednesday in New York.
After this horrific Lion Air accident, you'd think that everyone flying this airplane would know that's how you turn this off, “We don’t like that we weren’t notified,” Jon Weaks, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said in November. “It makes us question, ‘Is that everything, guys?’ I would hope there are no more surprises out there.”
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