Recorder from doomed Lion Air jet depicts pilots' frantic search for fix

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE/PARIS - The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 Max scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downward, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with knowledge of the cockpit voice recorder contents said.

The investigation into the October 2018 crash, which killed all 189 people on board, has taken on new relevance as the US Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident in Ethiopia.

Investigators examining the Indonesian crash are considering how a computer ordered the plane to dive in response to data from a faulty sensor and whether the pilots had enough training to respond appropriately to the emergency, among other factors.