AirAsia flight QZ8501 – one black box recovered, second box located

#AirAsia #QZ8501 #BoeingAirbus #flightdatarecorder The latest news about AirAsia flight QZ8501 is that sixteen days after the Boeing Airbus-A320 crashed in the Java Sea, Indonesian Navy divers have successfully retrieved one of the black boxes of the crashed plane.
The second black box or cockpit voice recorder has also been located inside the wreckage and efforts are on to retrieve this also – it is still stuck in the plane debris.
These orange colored flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder would come as a major breakthrough in the multinational search in which the teams had to, at times, weather the rough seas and zero visibility – the orange colored black box is believed to be holding vital clues about the last moments before the plane's crash.
The flight had 162 people on board and, so far, only 48 bodies have been recovered, at least two of them still strapped to seat belts. Majority of passengers we Indonesians. The ill-fated Flight QZ8501 had gone off the radars just after 42 minutes after taking off of taking off and was on a trip to Singapore from Surabaya.
The pilot of the Airbus had made a request to climb to 38,000 feet to avoid stormy clouds but permission was not granted because there was another plane in that route.

Recovery of tail portion of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 hampered by huge waves

#AirAsia #AirbusA320 #QZ8501 #flightdatarecorder The tail portion of the AirAsia Boeing Airbus A320 Flight QZ8501 has been located and divers are struggling against strong currents and waves as they attempted to hoist the wreckage out of the Java Sea two weeks ago after it went down. All 162 people on board have been killed.
It seems inflatable bags were being attached to the rear of the aircraft, and then a crane will be used to lift it from a depth of about 100 feet. However, the tail part is getting heavier due to strong currents and piles of sand and mud and, as Suryadi B. Supriyadi, the National Search and Rescue Agency's operational director, has indicated many more inflatable bags would be required.
Intermittent underwater ping-like sounds have been picked up about a kilometer (half mile) from where the tail was located. It could not be confirmed as to whether the pings were from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the aircraft that are usually located in the rear portion of the Airbus A320.
Reports indicate discovery of four more bodies bringing the total number of bodies recovered so far to 48 — the two bodies were still strapped in their seats.

AirAsia flight QZ8501 has met a watery grave

#AirAsia #QZ8501 #Airbus320200 #Borneo The ill-fated flight QZ8501 Airbus 320-200 of AirAsia has crashed in the Java Sea and bodies of some passengers have been sighted and recovered by rescue teams. It is finally known that the flight has crashed.
The Black Box of the aircraft has to, now, be retrieved to know the possible reasons of the crash. Till then, it can only be conjectures. It has been established that the pilot of the Boeing wanted to climb to a higher altitude due to the bad weather but did not get the permission in time.
It seems there was no distress signal from the plane. The pilot wanted to avoid the bad weather because of heavy air traffic and take up the aircraft to a safer altitude but his speed was low – that way, he could have encountered a stall situation and the aircraft crashed.
The bodies have been reported by Lieutenant Airman Tri Wobowo who was co-pilot of one of the Hercules aircraft that was on a search and rescue mission. He had seen eight bodies – some of them were holding hands - the location was off the coast of Borneo. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief has confirmed about the discoveries - one of the bodies was that of a flight attendant.