Originally Posted by
infrequentflyer789
According to the report they were turning back when the final LOC happened (and they certainly returned to land...). Lion air were also returning when they crashed. Coincidence? - probably, but I would want to look at the possibility that turning contributed in some way to final LOC.
Re the ET flight.
Could it be that pilot input to change heading contributed to the AP disengagement ? Those events occurred around 05:39:48...