As pieces of
AirAsia Flight 8501 are slowly being recovered from the bottom of the Java Sea, investigators are beginning to put together an idea of what may
Have happened to the lost plane. We
Have already learned that the weather, quite obviously, played a big role in the demise of this craft, and while some question whether or **t it should
Have even been flying, there were six other planes nearby that safely navigated through similar conditions. That seems to indicate that perhaps
Flight 8501 had a**ther issue, and an Indonesian government agency is the first to publicly lean that way.According to the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, also k**wn as BMKG, icing may
Have Damaged the plane's
Engine, ultimately
Causing it to stall out and then
Crash to the sea below it. As it stands **w, actually recovering bodies and wreckage has been a difficult task because of driving, monsoon-like rains and 12-foot waves in the search area. Searchers are finding what they need to, but it has been a slower process than officials would like.We also learned this past weekend that
Flight 8501 never should
Have been in the air on Sunday morning.
AirAsia is permitted to run the Surabaya-Singapore route four days a week each week, but Sunday is **t an approved day. The carrier is **w being investigated because of this and could ultimately be grounded for breaking this rule.The flight's black box, which contains the cockpit voice recorder and the
Flight data recorder, has yet to be discovered.
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Icy Conditions May Have Damaged AirAsia Flight 8501's Engine< Causing Plane to Crash