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🗓️ 13 August 2024
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On October 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashes just minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. At first, the cause of the crash is a mystery, especially since the plane was a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg suggests the crash was due to pilot error. But soon, it comes out that a mysterious piece of software called MCAS may be to blame.
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0:05.7 | Join Wundry Plus in the morning on Monday, October 29th, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
0:29.3 | Garima Sati is standing in the hallway of her apartment watching as her husband Bob Vay Suneja finishes getting ready for work. |
0:36.0 | Outside the sky is still dark and Satei would rather still be in bed, |
0:41.0 | but her husband is a pilot with lion air, and the two of them have a tradition of |
0:45.2 | eating breakfast together before his flights, no matter how early. As her husband ties |
0:50.5 | the laces on his shiny black shoes, |
0:53.0 | Saiti can't help but smile. |
0:55.0 | They've been married for two years, but she still gets a kick out of seeing her husband in uniform. |
1:00.0 | She's proud to be married to a pilot and didn't hesitate to move with him to Jakarta from their native India to support his career. |
1:07.0 | When Suneja finishes tying his shoes, he walks over to meet Satie by the door and promises to call when he lands. |
1:14.5 | This is another of their traditions. |
1:16.4 | As soon as Suneja completes one of his flights, he calls Satie and tells her he's arrived. Today he's flying to Pankalpinang, a small city on another island in the Indonesian archipelago, |
1:28.6 | about 90 minutes from Jakarta. |
1:31.0 | Saiti nods and gives her husband a farewell kiss. |
1:34.0 | Then he picks up his flight bag and heads out the door and |
1:36.4 | Sady goes back to bed. |
1:38.6 | She pulls the covers up under her chin and just before she turns out the light, she double checks that the ringer on her phone is turned on so she'll hear |
1:45.9 | Sunegia's call when he lands and she clicks off the light and drifts back to sleep. |
1:58.2 | Seems like she's only just closed her eyes when her phone rings. Sadie groves at her bedside table. |
2:00.5 | Finally manages to pick up. |
2:01.5 | Bavi, have you arrived? |
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