SuperJet Crash That Killed 45 Caused by Pilot Ignoring Alarm
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A Sukhoi SuperJet crash that killed 45 people in Indonesia happened after the pilot ignored an automatic warning that the plane was on course to hit a mountain, according to the official report.
The pilot of the Russian-made aircraft may have been distracted as he was talking to a potential customer, said Tatang Kurniadi, head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, which probed the May 9 accident. The pilot’s lack of familiarity with the West Java region and poor planning also contributed, he told reporters in Jakarta today.