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> egregious decision the allow its plane to continue flying despite sensor errors in its previous flights. They fixed the previous issue[0]. Why is flying a fi

• inferiorhuman 8y ago
  > They fixed the previous issue[0]. Why is flying a fixed aircraft after following Boeing's own procedures to fix it a "egregious decision?" The New York Times accused Lion Air of falsifying maintenance records. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/world/asia/indonesia-plane-crash-last-moments.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/world/asia/indonesia-plan... > Pilots and former safety regulators said that Lion Air flight and maintenance crews regularly filled out two log books, one real and one fake, to hide malfeasance.
• cjbprime 8y ago
  There may be some semantics here. They "resolved" the issue, which I think can involve merely documenting that it is known.
• _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
  How can it be fixed when the plane crashed?
• danso 8y ago
  The story you posted is from Oct. 29. Since then, it has been reported that the airspeed indicator was malfunctioning in its final 4 flights: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/world/asia/lion-air-crash.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/world/asia/lion-air-crash...