Tag: AirAsia

AirAsia cancels flights between PHL, Taiwan

(Eagle News) — AirAsia on Tuesday, Feb. 11, announced the cancellation of its flights between the Philippines and Taiwan. The airline said the cancellation of its flights to and from Kaohsiung and Taipei was “in compliance with the government’s directive imposing travel restrictions” as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. The initial government ban included only mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. AirAsia said it “is making provisions for guests affected by the flight cancellations, […]

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Indonesian divers recover bodies from near crashed AirAsia jet fuselage

(Reuters) – Indonesian divers on Thursday found six bodies near the fuselage of an AirAsia jet that crashed last month into the Java Sea, but were unable to enter the wreckage where most of the victims are believed to be trapped, a navy official said. Days of rough weather and poor underwater visibility have hampered navy divers’ efforts to recover bodies and lift the main part of the plane off the sea bed. “It was […]

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AirAsia crash not the result of terrorist attack

Investigators in the recovery of AirAsia flight 8501 are saying for the first time – the crash was not the result of a terrorist attack. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, lead investigators say about 50 percent of the information from the black box flight recorders has been decoded. The voice from the cockpit doesn’t show any sign of a threat, the air safety investigator said. It’s only the pilot sounding very busy handling the […]

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Indonesian offiical says pressure change likely caused AirAsia jet to explode before impact

The AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago in Indonesia likely “experienced an explosion” before hitting the water due to a significant change in air pressure, a senior government official said on Monday (January 12). “My analysis is, based on the wreckage of the cabin and other findings, the left side of the AirAsia plane seems to have disintegrated. It means there was a change in pressure caused by altitude change, that caused an explosion […]

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Divers retrieve crashed AirAsia jet’s cockpit voice recorder

Divers retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet on Tuesday, MetroTV said quoting a transport official, a key piece of evidence for investigators to determine the cause of the crash that killed 162 people. The cockpit voice recorder, which records conversations between the pilots and with air traffic controllers, was found close to where the flight data recorder was recovered from the bottom of the Java Sea on Monday, […]

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AirAsia search: U.S. Navy divers deploy sonar, but no sign of black box

Search teams scouring the ocean for the wreckage of an AirAsia jet found two new metal objects on Tuesday (January 6), but nine days after the plane crashed officials say there is still no sign of the crucial black box flight recorders. An Indonesian search and rescue official said a U.S. Navy ship located two more metal objects using sonar signals, though it is not known yet if they are part of the missing plane. […]

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