Jakarta (AFP) - The French co-pilot was at the controls of an AirAsia plane when it crashed into the sea last month after flying through an area of towering clouds, killing all 162 people on board, investigators said Thursday. The announcement came as fishermen found two more bodies from the crash in waters off Sulawesi island in central Indonesia,...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A Singaporean navy ship has located the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia plane in the Java Sea, Singapore's defense minister said Wednesday. Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said on his Facebook page that images taken by a remote controlled vehicle from the ship showed parts of the plane's wing and words on the fuselage. He ...

[caption id="attachment_144599" align="alignright" width="151"] Indonesian personnel unload a section of recovered wreckage belonging to AirAsia flight QZ8501 onto a truck at port in Kumai on January 11, 2015. (AFP Photo)[/caption] An Indonesian search and rescue official has said that the AirAsia jet had probably exploded before hitting the water....

[caption id="attachment_144464" align="alignright" width="159"] Crew members of Crest Onyx ship prepare to unload parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 from a ship at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, on Sunday, January 11, 2015.[/caption] A team of Indonesian divers have retrieved a flight data recorder of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501 that crashed deep ...

The tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been found in the Java Sea, Indonesian searchers say. The tail houses the "black boxes" - the voice and flight data recorders - which could give investigators clues as to the cause of the crash. It was found in a secondary search area, lending weight to theories that strong currents have moved the debris....

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Most Iranian dailies on Monday led on a first conference on economy held in Tehran a day earlier. In the conference the president said the Iranian Constitution envisions ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif extended condolences to the Indonesian government and nation on a deadly plane crash that killed 155 nationals from the East Asian country. In a Sunday message to Indonesias Foreign Minister Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, Zarif expressed Irans deep sympathy to the friend and brother ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have pinpointed two "big objects" on the sea floor, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Saturday. The Airbus (AIR.PA) A320-200 plunged into the Java Sea on Sunday while en route from Indonesia's second-biggest ...

Indonesian authorities say the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501 that crashed into the Java Sea last week was flying on an unauthorized schedule. Djoko Murjatmodjo, director general of Indonesias air transport, said Saturday that the passenger plane crashed en route from Indonesias second city Surabaya to Singapore at a flight time that had not been ...

Nine bodies have been recovered so far from the Java Sea off the island of Borneo in the area believed to be the crash site of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, according to the BBC. One victim has been identified as Hayati Lutfia Hamid. MOSCOW, January 1 (Sputnik) Two more bodies have been found inthe Java Sea nearwhat is believed tobe the crash site ofAirAsia ...

Bad weather has forced Indonesian rescue teams to suspend their search operations for the victims of the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crash. Air force rescue coordinator S.B. Supriyadi said Wednesday that severe weather, including wind, strong currents and high surf, prevented workers from continuing search operations Wednesday morning. Supriyadi added ...

[caption id="attachment_141584" align="alignright" width="149"] Commander of 1st Indonesian Air Force Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto, right, shows airplane parts and a suitcase found floating on the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared, during a press conference at the airbase in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia,...

Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA Following the tragic crash of an Air Asia passenger plane and getting killed of its entire crew and passengers, President Hassan Rouhani condoled and sympathized with his Indonesian counterpart and nation in a condolence message on Tuesday. Addressed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the Iranian president has in his message ...

A Mysterious Chinese blogger apparently predicted the fate of AirAsia flight QZ8501 two weeks before the tragic incident occurred. MOSCOW, December 30 (Sputnik), Ekaterina Blinova A Mysterious Chinese blogger seemingly predicted the AirAsia QZ8501 catastrophe, providing warnings topotential travelers some two weeks beforethe tragic incident actually ...

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter on Borneo island Tuesday said they spotted several bodies floating in waters near where the missing AirAsia flight was last seen. Images on local television showed at least one bloated corpse. The bodies, swollen but intact, were brought to an Indonesian navy ship, National ...

[caption id="attachment_141318" align="alignright" width="150"] Photo taken from an Indonesian aircraft over the Java Sea shows possible plane debris from the missing AirAsia flight.[/caption] SURABAYA, Indonesia-- The search has resumed for the missingAirAsia Flight 8501plane that is believed to have crashed into Indonesia's Java Sea, Sunday morning....

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. On Monday President Rouhanis comments at a ceremony to praise the services of top farmers and his criticism of the state broadcaster for its failure to fully depict the ...

A relative of a missing passenger has reportedly received a text message from an unknown sender, stating that the plane made an emergency landing and all passengers were alive. The Indonesian Transportation Ministry is examining these claims. BALI (INDONESIA), December 28 (Sputnik) Indonesian Ministry ofTransportation is currently verifying information ...

An AirAsia flight with about 160 people on board en route from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control earlier in the day. JAKARTA, December 28 (Sputnik) AirAsia flight QZ 8501 has crashed intowater afterexperiencing severe turbulence and trying tochange the course, Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency said ...

An AirAsia flight travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the company has said. Indonesian media say more than 160 people were on the Airbus A320-200. Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsiatweeted. Malaysia's national carrier ...