Sriwijaya 737-500 crash probe spurs order to check autothrottle computers

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Investigations into the fatal Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 accident earlier this year have spurred an order to operators of older 737 variants to conduct autothrottle checks aimed at detecting possible flap synchronisation component failure.

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