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UPDATE: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Debris Located

December 28, 2014
Jason Hyatt No Comments News

Early this morning, AirAsia executives confirmed search and rescue assets had located debris from QZ8501, and recovery operations were underway. The debris and other items were spotted in the Karimata Strait, approximately 110 miles southwest of Pangkalanbuun.

Here is a recap of the initial incident:

On 28 December at 00:24 UTC, an Indonesia AirAsia flight operating as QZ8501 lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC). The flight was enroute from Surabaya, Indonesia to Changi Airport in Singapore.

  • Aircraft type: Airbus A320-200
  • Registration: PK-AXC
  • Captain has 6,100 flight hours in the A320
  • First Officer has 2,275 flight hours in the A320
  • 155 passengers and 7 crew members
  • Aircraft was still under the control of Indonesian ATC

The Fighter Sweep team would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of all involved.

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Jason Hyatt is an aerospace industry professional with over 10 years of experience in the military and commercial aviation sectors. Born and raised in the Southwest United States, an area blessed with over 300 days of sunshine per year, he is fortunate to have been in and around aviation his entire life. After a brief stint as a semi-professional soccer player in the early 2000's, he realized his desire to live and work in aviation. While working for Boeing IDS (now BDS) in 2005, he first picked up a camera and started experimenting with aviation photography and photojournalism. As a freelance aviation photojournalist, he has been able to stay close to military aviation, his primary area of interest.

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