Aviation
Ice likely caused AirAsia crash, Indonesia says
Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesian officials said, as rough seas Jan. 4 hampered the search for bodies and the sunken wreckage.
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AirAsia Flight 8501 Crash Blamed on Bad Weather
Indonesia's meteorological agency announced on Sunday that bad weather had been the triggering factor in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501.
According to a preliminary report of the Indonesian meteorological agency, BMKG, as cited by the BBC News, icing may have caused the engine to stall.
BMKG claimed that the plane had probably flown into a storm.
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Four large parts of crashed AirAsia jet found on sea floor
Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Jan. 3.
Search teams battle rough weather in hunt for AirAsia wreck
Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Jan. 2 hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather again hindered the search for the plane and the black box flight recorders that should reveal why it crashed.
Turkish Airlines expects 2015 revenues of $12 billion
Turkish Airlines expects reaching $12 billion in revenue and carrying 63 million passengers in 2015, as announced by a written statement late Dec. 31, 2014.
"By the end of 2015, the fleet size is planned to reach 293, including 214 narrow-body, 68 wide-body and 11 cargo aircrafts," said the statement.
Search Resumes for Crashed AirAsia Jet’s ‘Black Boxes’
Weather at the suspected site of the crash of AirAsia Indonesia's aircraft has improved enough on Friday to allow the deployment of two ships carrying acoustic equipment to detect the ‘pings' from the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, international news outlets reported.
Bad weather halts recovery of bodies from AirAsia flight
Stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers Dec. 31 to suspend their search for the bodies of 162 people aboard an ill-fated AirAsia plane, as investigators started trying to piece together why the flight plunged into the sea.
Three AirAsia Jets Involved in Minor Incidents in Thailand, Philippines
Three further incidents involving AirAsia jets took place on Tuesday, causing no heavy injuries or casualties.
The news of the incidents came as it was being confirmed that the debris and the bodies found in the Java Sea were from the QZ8501 flight that went missing on Sunday.
Air traffic under winter conditions on Bucharest airports
Air traffic is taking place under winter conditions on Bucharest airports, but some flights may record delays of some 30 minutes for take-off, due to defrosting the aircraft, and only in some cases the delays are longer than one hour, National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB) informs on Tuesday.
Indonesian Rescue Teams Retrieve Bodies from Java Sea
Indonesian search and rescue teams began recovering bodies of passengers from the disappeared AirAisa flight, reports The Guardian.
The operation started after officials confirmed the floating debris in the Java Sea was that of the missing flight QZ8501.