Thursday, January 29, 2015

Up, Up, and Away With Air Asia Search

Related: Air Asia Search Over

Weather foils search of AirAsia jet’s fuselage

Whatever.

Divers recover bodies in AirAsia jet

Improved weather Thursday enabled divers to undertake the recovery operation.

Downed plane’s fuselage entered, six bodies removed  

A full analysis of what went wrong with the plane could take up to a year.

The cover up is going to take that long?

No evidence of foul play in AirAsia jet crash

"After rapid climb, AirAsia plane plunged and disappeared" New York Times Syndicate  January 21, 2015

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month had climbed at excessive speeds to an unusually high altitude before plunging and disappearing from radar, Indonesia’s top transportation official said Tuesday.

Radar data showed that the Airbus A320-200 was climbing at about 6,000 feet a minute before it crashed last month, killing all 162 people aboard, Ignasius Jonan, the minister of transportation, told a parliamentary commission.

“It is not normal to climb like that; it’s very rare for commercial planes, which normally climb just 1,000 to 2,000 feet per minute,” he told lawmakers, the Associated Press reported. “It can only be done by a fighter jet.”

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Indonesian Navy divers last week found the aircraft’s cockpit voice and data recorders at a depth of around 100 feet.

The cause of the crash remains unclear, although weather has been cited as a probable factor.

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, which is evaluating data from the plane’s black boxes, is expected to issue a preliminary report within days.

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RelatedJet fuselage slips in attempt to lift it

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Will Never Be Recovered… in 90 feet of Water ಠ_ಠ

Indonesian military halts search for victims of airasia crash

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NDUs:

"Indonesia won’t release a preliminary report on its investigation into Flight 8501 because fact-findings could change rapidly, Tatang Kurniadi, head of the commission, said Thursday."

That absolutely stinks of cover-up, and yeah, they are all accidents (Globe missed that, too)!!

Also see: Indonesia executes 6 drug convicts, including 5 foreigners