The AirAsia jet which plunged into the Java Sea rose up as fast as a fighter jet and then dropped almost vertically into the water as if being thrust down by a giant hand, crash experts agreed today.
Their conclusion is that the Airbus 320-200 was in the grip of weather so freakishly extreme that there was nothing the pilots could have done to save the jet and all 162 people on board.
The plane behaved in ways bordering on the edge of logic, Indonesian aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman said after examining figures leaked from the official air crash investigation team.
The news came as the first victim of the crash was identified and handed back to her family, and rescuers pulled two more bodies from the ocean, bringing the total recovered to nine.
Experts examining flight data leaked from the AirAsia crash investigation said the plane behaved in ways ‘bordering on the edge of logic’ after rising thousands of feet into the air before falling almost vertically
Analysts agreed the aircraft had been buffeted by ‘freakishly extreme’ weather making it impossible to save any of the 162 people on board (pictured, rescue workers recover a body today bringing the total to nine)
The fresh analysis came as the first victim of the crash was identified as Hayati Lutfiah Hamid and her remains were handed over to her family in emotional scenes at a hospital in Surabaya
The body of Hayati Lutfiah Hamid was identified by medical workers from surgical scars, a necklace bearing her initials, her fingerprints, and a red name badge pinned to her clothes.
Officials have yet to speculate on what caused AirAsia flight A320-200 to plunge into the sea 40 minutes into a flight from Surabaya to Singapore.
Efforts by dive teams to recover the plane’s black box, which will contain vital data on how the tragedy unfolded, have been hampered by poor weather as search teams warn it could be a week before the device is located and brought to the surface……..
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