APA

On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 Max 8 operated as Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in the Java Sea. The aircraft exhibited an erratic flight profile concluding with a vertical dive into the sea.

The Federal Air Surgeon periodically publishes a Medical Bulletin distributed to Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs). In Volume 51, Number 4 of that Bulletin, Federal Air Surgeon Fred Tilton, M.D. published his article entitled “New Sleep Apnea Policy.”