Investigators are focused on “flight deck seat movement” in the upset episode involving a LATAM Boeing 787-9 on Monday (March 11). A report published by TAC—The Air Current news outlet—cites information received from “two people briefed on the incident.” The news source also cites a senior airline safety official who said it is understood the seat movement at cruise altitude on the flight from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand (final destination was Santiago, Chile) was “pilot induced, not intentionally.” The sources also said “the seat movement caused the nose-down” attitude that resulted in the abrupt loss of altitude, causing injuries to dozens of passengers and crew members.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/latam-787-9-upset-inquiry-focused-on-seat-movement