Sonar finds location of downed AirAsia Flight 8501

[IDemo]

Source: CBS News

Indonesia's search and recovery agency says a sonar image appears to have found the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 upside down on the floor of the Java Sea, CBS News has confirmed. It is unclear whether or not the plane has been found intact.

The development comes on the fourth day of the effort to find the remnants of the downed airliner, which crashed early Sunday. The cause of the crash is still unknown and searchers are still attempting to recover the plane's black box to get an explanation of how the crash happened.

The earliest proof of the fate of AirAsia Flight 8501 emerged Tuesday from the shallow, aqua-colored waters of the Java Sea, confirming that the plane crashed with 162 people aboard in an area not far from where it dropped off radar screens.

Two days after the jet vanished, searchers found began finding bodies and debristhat included a life jacket, an emergency exit door and a suitcase about 10 miles from the plane's last known coordinates.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sonar-finds-location-of-downed-airasia-flight-8501/

[uppityperson]

1. So glad for and sad for the families and friends.

[KMOD]

2. tragic and sad,

but I'm glad there will be closure.

[davidpdx]

3. Terrible, terrible news

While I'm glad the found the plane, I am saddened for the families that now know there is no hope of their loved ones coming back.

[jakeXT]

4. Data point to "unbelievably" steep climb before AirAsia crash - source

(Reuters) - Radar data being examined by investigators appeared to show that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 made an "unbelievably" steep climb before it crashed, possibly pushing it beyond the Airbus A320's limits, said a source familiar with the probe's initial findings.

The data was transmitted before the aircraft disappeared from the screens of air traffic controllers in Jakarta on Sunday, added the source, who declined to be identified.

"So far, the numbers taken by the radar are unbelievably high. This rate of climb is very high, too high. It appears to be beyond the performance envelope of the aircraft," he said.

The source added that the data on which those assumptions had been made were incomplete. Colleagues and friends of the Indonesian captain on board have described him as an experienced and professional pilot

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/indonesia-airplane-investigation-idINKBN0K90QA20141231