Jakarta (CNN)The doomed Lion Air flight that crashed into the sea, killing 189 passengers last month, was found to have a malfunctioning air speed indicator for its last four flights — and, crucially, at the time of the crash, according to the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee.
Investigators who analyzed the flight data recorder after the October 29 crash uncovered the fault, the committee said. The finding is the first technical problem revealed as part of the investigation into why the plane crashed.
“We are formulating, with NTSB and Boeing, detailed inspections regarding the airspeed indicator,” according to Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of the committee.
