
The government revoked low-cost carrier Adam Air’s operating license because of its poor safety record. The National Transportation Safety Committee said 154 recurring defects in the plane’s navigation system were reported in the months leading up to New Year’s Day crash, and that the carrier failed to properly address those reports or train pilots to deal with them.
The plane was flying from the main
The pilots reported a problem with the navigation system, but they sounded unconcerned, even joking at 20 minutes before it went down. In the course of trying to fix the problem, the jetliner’s autopilot disengaged, causing the plane to bank to the right.
In February 2006, another of its Boeing 737s went missing for hours following a navigation and communications breakdown and eventually made an emergency landing hundreds of miles from its destination in eastern
Relatives of those who died in the accident said they were angry with Adam Air following the release of the investigation results, with some vowing to pursue legal action against the airline.




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