

The pilot then requested to climb to flight level 380, which was deferred by ATC because of other aircraft in the vicinity.

At 06:12, Flight 8501 was flying at flight level 320-approximately 32,000 ft (9,750 m)-when the cockpit requested and received permission to deviate left from its original flight path to avoid these storms. Indonesia AirAsia did not have permission from the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation to operate the route on Sundays.Īfter departure, Flight 8501 was in contact with the Jakarta Area Control Centre (callsign: "Jakarta Center"), which provides air traffic control (ATC) service over the western Java Sea, and flying along air route M635, when it approached a line of thunderstorms off the southwest coast of Borneo. It was scheduled to depart Juanda International Airport at 05:20 Western Indonesian Time (WIB, UTC+7) and arrive at Singapore Changi Airport at 08:30 Singapore Standard Time (SST, UTC+8). Flight path (red) is limited to range of Flightradar24 coverage it does not reflect ATC coverage.įlight 8501 was a scheduled flight from Surabaya, Java, Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday, 28 December 2014. The air crash of 28 December 2014 was the second-deadliest in Indonesian territory, behind Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 in 1997, the third-deadliest aviation incident in 2014, behind Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.Ħ.4 Family members of crew members and passengersįlight path and location of debris. The pilots' response, and apparent miscommunication between them, was a significant link in the chain of events that led to the loss of the aircraft. On 1 December 2015, the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee released its report concluding that that the sequence of events leading to the crash started with a malfunction in the rudder travel limiter unit that eventually led to a 104-degree roll of the aircraft. On 20 January 2015, it was reported that the aircraft had stalled during an abnormally steep climb and had been unable to recover. The search for bodies ended in March 2015 after recovery of 113 of the 162 bodies. Searchers located wreckage on the sea floor beginning on 3 January, and the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered by 13 January. Two days after the crash, debris from the aircraft and human remains were found floating in the Java Sea. On 28 December 2014, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-216, registered as PK-AXC, msn: 3648, crashed into the Java Sea during bad weather, killing all 155 passengers and seven crew on board. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by AirAsia Group affiliate Indonesia AirAsia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. Site Karimata Strait, Java Sea (near Belitung and Borneo Islands, Indonesia)ģ.623°S 109.712☎Coordinates: 3.623°S 109.712☎įlight origin Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesiaĭestination Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore

Summary Rudder travel limiter failure and inappropriate pilot response The aircraft involved in the crash, registered as PK-AXC, eight months before the crash
