Boeing 737-500 crash, Jan 9, 2021 (62 killed), Jakarta
Boeing 737-500 accident on January 9, 2021 near Jakarta, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia with 62 fatalities. Cause: Autothrottle malfunction...
- Date: January 9, 2021
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-500
- Location: Jakarta, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 62
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Autothrottle malfunction causing thrust asymmetry that was not noticed or corrected, followed by an aircraft upset the crew could not recover from, with lack of upset recovery training contributing.
A Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 500 crashed into the Java Sea less than five minutes after leaving Jakarta, killing all 62 people on board. The Indonesian investigators traced the loss of control to an uneven thrust problem from a faulty autothrottle, which the crew did not monitor or recover from. Inadequate upset recovery training also contributed.