Boeing’s Warning Provides New Clues Into Lion Air 737 Max Crash

Boeing’s Warning Provides New Clues Into Lion Air 737 Max Crash
A Lion Air Boeing 737-800 plane prepares to land at Changi International airport in Singapore on April 8, 2016. Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
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A Boeing Co. warning to 737 Max operators around the globe provides the first clues about how bad data from an airflow sensor might have contributed to the deadly crash of an Indonesian airliner last week.

The bulletin combined with statements by Indonesian investigators to suggest that the pilots on the Lion Air 737 Max 8 were battling the plane as its computers commanded a steep dive during its final moments of flight.