| Wind shear systems failed in Phuket crash |
Half of the systems to detect potentially dangerous wind shear were not working at the time of a crash at the Phuket airport that killed 89 people on board, officials said.
Investigators have said wind shear, a sudden change in either wind speed or direction in an aircraft‘s flight path, was among the possible causes of the crash.
Investigators said the solar-powered systems, which were out of power at the time of the crash, could have made it difficult for the pilot Arief Mulyadi, to judge whether it was safe to land.
Mulyadi, who died in the crash, had been criticized by some Transport Ministry officials for landing despite warnings from the tower about treacherous wind shear.
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