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Expert: Stricken AirAsia plane soared 'as fast as a fighter jet' then dropped vertically into sea

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Their conclusion: the Airbus 320-200 was in the grip of weather so freakishly extreme; no way the pilots could save the aircraft. (www.dailymail.co.uk) More...

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preacher1
preacher1 1
Until we get the boxes, while this is one of the most plausible theories out there, it is still just a theory until confirmed by flight recorder data.
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WALLACE24
WALLACE24 1
Pretty sure weather was at least a factor. Every pilot knows mother nature is supreme controller of the sky. We love her when we have a tailwind but she does have a siren song.
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yr2012
matt jensen 1
Vertical plunge like the Value Jet? Those bodies were in pieces not strapped into rows.
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