The Indonesia Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive in response to last month's Boeing plane crash in US. A malfunctioning sensor on the Lion Air flight is believed to have caused the crash, which killed all 189 on board. The FAA directive calls for changes in manual procedure when flying, to address erroneous data from the defective sensor; the FAA said discrepancies in the data could cause problems for those controlling the plane. The Indonesia directive applies to the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9. Similar directives by other airline regulators are expected to follow.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive in response to last month's Boeing plane crash in Indonesia. A malfunctioning sensor on the Lion Air flight is believed to have caused the crash, which killed all 189 on board. The FAA directive calls for changes in manual procedure when flying, to address erroneous data from the defective sensor; the FAA said discrepancies in the data could cause problems for those controlling the plane. The US directive applies to the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9. Similar directives by other airline regulators are expected to follow.