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Lion Air jet was 'not airworthy' on flight before crash

Nurcahyo Utomo from Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee explains what happened to Lion Air flight JT610 [Courtesy]

The Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea last month was not in an airworthy condition even on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, Indonesian investigators said on Wednesday.

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