01-01-2015, 09:09 AM
AirAsia flight QZ8501: Ill-fated plane's bizarre descent'
Yahoo7 and AgenciesJanuary 1, 2015, 3:06 pm
An aviation analyst has said the AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea this week was behaving in ways bordering on the edge of logic'.
Indonesian aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman told Fairfax that according to information leaked by the air crash investigation team, the plane climbed in a way impossible for a pilot to steer it.
Indonesian Navy airmen search the waters near Bangka Island for debris from AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Photo: Getty.He also said it didn't fall out of the sky' like a plane.
"It was like a piece of metal being thrown down," he told Fairfax.
"It's really hard to comprehend… the way it goes down is bordering on the edge of logic."
Leaked figures reportedly show the plane climbed at a rate of 6000 to 9000 feet per minute, which Mr Soejatman said could not be done by a pilot in that plane at that altitude.
He said the most that could normally be expected would be 1000 to 1500 feet, with up to 3000 feet in a burst.
The plane then fell at the incredible rate of 11,000 feet per minute with bursts of up to 24,000 feet per minute.
Mr Soejatman said the extremely low ground speed' - as little as 61 knots during the descent - was equally baffling.
Such a figure suggests the plane was heading almost straight down, explaining why it was found in the water just 10km from its last point of radar contact, he said.
He said it was fortunate the plane is located in relatively shallow waters, meaning the wreckage could help investigators work out what went wrong.
Search divers are reportedly preparing to go down to the wreck of the AirAsia plane. Photo: Reuters.
Divers prepare to visit wreck
Search and rescue divers were reportedly at the scene of where the plane is believed to be resting on the ocean floor for the first time on Thursday.
Suyatno, a search and rescue chief based at Kumai port on Borneo, told Fairfax more than 50 navy and search and rescue divers were preparing to go down.
It would be the first opportunity they have had to see how many bodies are still inside the wreckage.
Malaysia's chief of navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar tweeted that Thursday's search area for bodies and debris has been increased to 13,500 square nautical miles - more than double the size of Wednesday's search zone.
A total of 31 ships are now involved in the mission.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/...e-descent/
Yahoo7 and AgenciesJanuary 1, 2015, 3:06 pm
An aviation analyst has said the AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea this week was behaving in ways bordering on the edge of logic'.
Indonesian aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman told Fairfax that according to information leaked by the air crash investigation team, the plane climbed in a way impossible for a pilot to steer it.
Indonesian Navy airmen search the waters near Bangka Island for debris from AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Photo: Getty.He also said it didn't fall out of the sky' like a plane.
"It was like a piece of metal being thrown down," he told Fairfax.
"It's really hard to comprehend… the way it goes down is bordering on the edge of logic."
Leaked figures reportedly show the plane climbed at a rate of 6000 to 9000 feet per minute, which Mr Soejatman said could not be done by a pilot in that plane at that altitude.
He said the most that could normally be expected would be 1000 to 1500 feet, with up to 3000 feet in a burst.
The plane then fell at the incredible rate of 11,000 feet per minute with bursts of up to 24,000 feet per minute.
Mr Soejatman said the extremely low ground speed' - as little as 61 knots during the descent - was equally baffling.
Such a figure suggests the plane was heading almost straight down, explaining why it was found in the water just 10km from its last point of radar contact, he said.
He said it was fortunate the plane is located in relatively shallow waters, meaning the wreckage could help investigators work out what went wrong.
Search divers are reportedly preparing to go down to the wreck of the AirAsia plane. Photo: Reuters.
Divers prepare to visit wreck
Search and rescue divers were reportedly at the scene of where the plane is believed to be resting on the ocean floor for the first time on Thursday.
Suyatno, a search and rescue chief based at Kumai port on Borneo, told Fairfax more than 50 navy and search and rescue divers were preparing to go down.
It would be the first opportunity they have had to see how many bodies are still inside the wreckage.
Malaysia's chief of navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar tweeted that Thursday's search area for bodies and debris has been increased to 13,500 square nautical miles - more than double the size of Wednesday's search zone.
A total of 31 ships are now involved in the mission.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/...e-descent/
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