Pictures raise spectre of fake evidence in 737 Max crash probe

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. The time displayed in photos of a computer screen in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 Max indicated they had actually been taken before the repair was performed, according to a draft of the final crash report being prepared by Indonesia’s NTSC. Investigators were similarly unable to confirm the authenticity of other pictures in the packet, which were supposed to show how a piece of equipment near the jet’s nose had been calibrated. There were indications that the pictures depicted a different plane, according to people familiar with the investigation. <br/>