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Data Suggest
Plane Climbed
Too High, Too Fast

Dec 31, 2014 4:57 PM CST

Data Suggest Plane Climbed Too High, Too Fast

But investigation of AirAsia crash is still in early stages

(Newser) - The investigation into why AirAsia crashed is just getting underway, but Reuters reports that a leading theory based on radar data is emerging: The plane climbed too high, too quickly in a bid to avoid storm clouds, then stalled and went down into the Java Sea. It quotes an anonymous...

AirAsia Flight 8501: Sonar Spots Wreckage on Sea Floor

Sonar Spots
AirAsia Wreckage
on Seafloor

Dec 31, 2014 7:58 AM CST

Sonar Spots AirAsia Wreckage on Seafloor

As bad weather sends wreckage drifting up to 30 miles

(Newser) - A day after debris was first spotted, Indonesian searchers have confirmed that sonar equipment has detected wreckage from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 at the bottom of the sea—though whether the plane is in one piece or broken up remains to be seen, reports CNN . The wreckage was found between 60...

Bodies
Recovered in
AirAsia Search

UPDATED

Dec 30, 2014 7:59 AM CST

Bodies Recovered in AirAsia Search

Debris is from missing plane, Indonesian authorities say

(Newser) - The fate of Flight 8501 now appears to be a tragedy, not a mystery: Indonesian officials say search-and-rescue teams have recovered debris and bodies from the sea around 10 miles from where the AirAsia jet was last heard from on Sunday, in a spot roughly 100 miles from land. The...

'Bedlam' After Floating
AirAsia Body Shown on TV

Dec 30, 2014 7:47 AM CST

'Bedlam' After Floating AirAsia Body Shown on TV

Indonesia's TV One has apologized

(Newser) - Indonesia's TV One has apologized after airing footage that only served to compound the grief of relatives of those lost on AirAsia flight QZ8501. After it showed images of a bloated body floating in the sea, relatives who had gathered in Surabaya's Juanda International Airport, where the plane...

Smoke Spotted
in Hunt for
AirAsia
Plane

Dec 29, 2014 7:00 PM CST

Smoke Spotted in Hunt for AirAsia Plane

US Navy assigns USS Sampson to join the search

(Newser) - Indonesia has sent out two Cessna jets to investigate reports of smoke coming from an island near where AirAsia Flight 8501 may have crashed, CBS News reports. The smoke was spotted at Belitung Island, notes TVNZ , one of two islands bordering a shipping channel where the flight vanished over shallow...

Official:
AirAsia Jet
'Probably at
Bottom of Sea'

UPDATED

Dec 29, 2014 7:56 AM CST

Official: AirAsia Jet 'Probably at Bottom of Sea'

Flight 8501's request to change altitude was denied

(Newser) - The search has resumed for missing AirAsia Flight 8501, but there appears to be no hope of anything but a tragic outcome. "Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom...

Family of 10 Missed
Doomed Flight by Minutes

Dec 29, 2014 2:52 AM CST

Family of 10 Missed Doomed Flight by Minutes

26 people with tickets didn't board Flight 8501

(Newser) - Some 162 passengers and crew are missing and presumed lost on AirAsia Flight 8501 , but the total would be a lot higher if the airline hadn't changed the departure time to two hours earlier than originally scheduled. Christianawati was one of 10 members of an extended family—including her...

How Missing AirAsia Flight Differs From MH370

Dec 29, 2014 12:45 AM CST

How Missing AirAsia Flight Differs From MH370

Experts believe disappearance just a tragic coincidence

(Newser) - The disappearance of another jet in Southeast Asia while the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery comes as a shock to the aviation world, but experts stress that the two cases are very different. The New York Times runs through some of the differences with AirAsia Flight...

Search Resumes for AirAsia Jet

Dec 28, 2014 5:40 PM CST

Search Resumes for AirAsia Jet

Plane vanished in shallow Java Sea waters, officials say

(Newser) - As Indonesia resumes its search for AirAsia Indonesia Flight 8501 —which vanished today along with 162 passengers on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore—the press is reporting on various angles. Among them:

Indonesia's military is sending six ships, two helicopters, and two Hercules aircraft to search a

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AirAsia Jet Missing
With 162 Aboard

UPDATED

Dec 28, 2014 5:56 AM CST

AirAsia Jet Missing With 162 Aboard

Plane was believed to be over the Java Sea

(Newser) - An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control today while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from Indonesia for Singapore, initiating a massive search for the third possible aviation disaster to affect the region this year. AirAsia, a regional low-cost carrier based in...

Cross-Dressing
Branson Pays
Lost Bet

May 12, 2013 8:31 AM CDT

Cross-Dressing Branson Pays Lost Bet

Oh, and he shaved his legs

(Newser) - Just another day in the never-normal life of Richard Branson, who today had nothing better to do than shave his legs, smear about two kilos of red lipstick on his face, squeeze into a red skirt, and dump orange juice all over a fellow airline magnate. It was all in...

Asian Airline
Offers No-Baby
'Quiet Zone'

Sep 25, 2012 5:01 PM CDT

Asian Airline Offers No-Baby 'Quiet Zone'

But don't expect the idea to catch on in the US

(Newser) - An airline that serves Southeast Asia is adding a free perk for long-distance travelers who like their quiet time: AirAsia will keep part of the plane devoid of kids 12 and younger, reports NBC's Overhead Bin blog, which then talked to travel experts in the US to see if...