AirAsia flight QZ8501: Co-pilot was likely at helm before crash, says report
30 Jan 2015 03:13:37
straitstimes.com
Investigators looking into the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 believed that the co-pilot was at the controls before the jet went into a dangerously fast climb, it was reported.
Indonesian authorities are looking into "what factors may have surprised or confused the first officer - who was much less experienced than the captain - and caused the nose of the Airbus A320 to point upward at an unusually steep angle while the plane's computerised stall-protection systems either malfunctioned or were disengaged," the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday quoted two sources familiar with the probe as saying.
The plane lost forward airspeed during its rapid climb, stalled and then crashed into the water below, the report said.
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