The Boeing 737-500 plane that crashed on Saturday, does not have the flawed cockpit software that contributed to two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX plane, Reuters reported. Multiple people, including a toddler, have died after a small plane crashed into a home in Mississippi. Even commercial airline flights are not immune from these issues, with recent statistics calculating that at least 50 percent of major airline crashes are related to human factors. Over the … The plane was on its way from Miami to Houston and crashed shortly after noon. else if (day >15) {alpha = "b"} Indonesian Navy divers on Sunday found wreckage from flight SJY 182 after locating a signal from the aircraft's fuselage. The number of fatal plane crashes has reduced significantly over the past 20 years and there have been less crashes in 2020 due to the pandemic grounding so much international travel. The Sriwijaya Air plane was a nearly 27-year-old Boeing 737-500, much older than Boeing’s problem-plagued 737 MAX model. During a press conference Sunday, county officials said that while they're still investigating, the focus now is to help the family move forward. Meanwhile, National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) teams have begun an investigation into the cause of the crash. Sriwijaya Airlines CEO Jefferson Irwin Jauwena said the plane was in good condition before it took off. The plane was carrying cadets from a nearby air force university on a training flight. A full report on the crash is expected in a year’s time. ET), 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. document.write("