Pilot who hitched a ride saved doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 Max on penultimate flight
A Lion Air Boeing 737 plane prepares to land at the Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang - REUTERS/ As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew , two people familiar with Indonesia’s investigation told Bloomberg. The next day, under command of a different crew facing what investigators said was an identical ...
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