Posted AT 5:27 AM EST on 22/10/07
Indonesia blames pilot for Garuda crash
JAKARTA — An Indonesian transport safety committee on Monday blamed the chief pilot of a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 for the plane's crash at Yogyakarta airport in March that killed 21 people.
The committee's report said that 15 warnings were ignored as the pilot in command of the Boeing 737-400 with 140 people on board descended steeply, leading to an excessive increase in airspeed.
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