Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a passenger flight from Surabaya to Singapore. The plane was an Airbus A320. On December 28 2014, the airplane crashed due to technical failure and bad weather in the Java Sea, Indonesia.[1] All 162 people on the plane were killed. Human bodies and debris began surfacing two days after the incident.[2] The plane was said to have lost contact with air traffic control 42 minutes after takeoff. The plane wreckage and bodies of the passengers were pulled from the Java Sea in the waters of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo island, The Guardian reported.[3]
 PK-AXC, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in April 2014 | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 December 2014 |
| Summary | Pilot error, mishandled non-critical failure leading to stall; crashed into the sea |
| Place | Karimata Strait, Java Sea 3°37′23″S 109°42′43″E / 3.623°S 109.712°ECoordinates: 3°37′23″S 109°42′43″E / 3.623°S 109.712°E[a] |
| Passengers | 155 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 162 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-216 |
| Airline/user | Indonesia AirAsia |
| Registration | PK-AXC |
| Flew from | Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Flying to | Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore |
According to the reports, investigators traced the failure of both the rudder and computer systems to a cracked solder joint inside circuit boards. The rudder system had experienced problems 23 times since January 2014, reported the aircraft maintenance team.[4][5]
Passengers and crew
Flight 8501 had 155 passengers and seven crew members on board. The passenger list consisted of 137 adults, 17 children and one infant. The crew consisted of two pilots, 4 flight attendants and a company engineer. The crash victims included people from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, France, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
The Captain was 53-year-old Iriyanto, an Indonesian pilot who had 20,537 flying hours.
The First Officer was 46-year old Rémi Emmanuel Plesel, a French pilot who had 2,247 flying hours.[6]
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 Media
Flight path and location of debris. Flight path (red) is limited to range of Flightradar24 coverage; it does not reflect ATC coverage.
PK-AXC using the previous livery
A section of the aircraft after its recovery
An offshore supply ship with the tail of PK-AXC on its stern on 10 January 2015
Infrared satellite imagery (taken at 7:32 WIB) with flight path superimposed on the right. On this false-colour image, blue represents warmer temperatures, while red and ultimately black represent the cold tops of high-altitude clouds.
Notes
- ↑ Location where the aircraft's flight data recorder was found on the sea floor.
References
- ↑ (in en-GB) AirAsia captain's behaviour 'very unusual' prior to QZ8501 crash, investigators learn. 2015-02-01. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/airasia-flight-qz8501-captains-behaviour-very-unusual-prior-to-crash-investigators-learn-10016634.html. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ↑ "Two more bodies found". CBS News. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ↑ Lamb, Kate (2015-12-01) (in en-GB). AirAsia crash: crew lost control of plane after apparent misunderstanding. . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/01/airasia-crew-actions-caused-jet-to-lose-control-say-crash-investigators. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ↑ (in en-GB) Flight QZ8501: What we know. 2015-12-01. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30632735. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ↑ CNN, Tiffany Ap, for. Pilot response led to AirAsia crash into Java Sea - CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/01/asia/air-asia-crash-report/index.html. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ↑ Fuller, Thomas; Bradsher, Keith (2014-12-31) (in en-US). Crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Spotlights Indonesia’s Poor Air Safety Record. . https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/airasia-flight-8501-indonesia-airline-safety.html. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
