Pictures Raise Specter of Fake Evidence in 737 Max Crash Probe

  • Photos were supposed to show repair to doomed Lion Air jet
  • Airline opposes raising issue in final report on 2018 tragedy
The landing gear of Lion Air JT 610, Nov. 3.Photographer: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
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Weeks after a Lion Air jet crashed in the Java Sea, killing all 189 aboard, an airline employee gave investigators photographs meant to show that a crucial repair had been properly performed the day before the disaster.

Yet the pictures may not show what was claimed.