Java Sea

The Russian MiG-31 crashed

As it was stated, the aircraft crashed during the training flight.
The crew catapulted and three Mi-8 helicopters were sent in search, reports the TASS agency.
The plane crashed in an uninhabited area and no damage was caused to the ground, the press service added.
According to preliminary information, the cause of the accident could be a technical malfunction.

Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site

Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Jan. 10, as the military located a signal it hoped would lead to the wreckage of a jet that crashed with 62 people on board.

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Jan. 9 afternoon.

Air Asia crash that killed 162 passengers was the result of pilots turning off auto-pilot

The Air Asia passenger flight QZ8501 that crashed in bad weather on December 28 during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore was found to have been triggered by a faulty computer that led the crew to accidently turn off the jet’s autopilot system. As a result, the pilots lost control of the aircraft as it plunged into the Java  Sea.

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Crashed Due to Ascending Too Fast

Indonesia's Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan announced on Tuesday that the crashed AirAsia plane climbed too fast before stalling.

According to Jonan, the jet ascended at a speed of 1828 metres per minute, which neither a passenger nor a military plane would attempt to climb so fast, the BBC reports.

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