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Steep climb may have caused AirAsia QZ8501 crash

Steep climb may have caused AirAsia QZ8501 crash

20 January 2015 Airline News

The Indonesian transport minister has suggest AirAsia flight QZ8501 may have climbed too fast before it crashed into the Java Sea. Addressing a parliamentary hearing in Indonesian capital Jakarta, Ignasius Jonan said the plane was climbing at a rate of 6,000ft per minute – beyond the capabilities of most fighter jets.