AirAsia QZ8501 News

Mystery Crashes Spawn Deadliest Year for Air Travel in Nearly a Decade

Three crashes which have yet to be fully explained, involving the most modern airliners in the safest phase of flight, made last year the deadliest for air travel in almost a decade. The loss of two Malaysian Air Boeing Co. …

Crowded Skies in Southeast Asia Put Stress on Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers

The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Pilots who …

Update: Debris From AirAsia Plane Found in Ocean; First Bodies Retrieved

Indonesian search crews recovered debris and bodies floating in the sea from the AirAsia Bhd. airliner that went missing three days ago with 162 people on board, as investigators seek to determine what brought down the plane. Among the discovered …

After 4 Air Crashes, 2014 Is One of Worst Years for Asian Aviation Industry

Four airline incidents in which more than 600 people died made 2014 one of the worst years for Asian aviation even before the disappearance of AirAsia Bhd. QZ8501. The unresolved disappearance of Malaysian Airline System Bhd. flight MH370 over the …

Search Widens for AirAsia Plane, No Emergency Signal Detected

Planes and ships from four nations scoured the Java Sea for an AirAsia Bhd. passenger jet that vanished off the coast of Borneo more than a day ago with 162 people on board, as Indonesian investigators said the jet had …