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AirAsia plane climbed at speed 'beyond normal' then stalled

Published: 20 Jan 2015 - 05:18 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 03:09 am

 

JAKARTA--An AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board climbed at a speed that was "beyond normal" and then stalled, the Indonesian transport minister said Tuesday.

"In the final minutes, the plane climbed at a speed which was beyond normal," said Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan, citing radar data.

"The plane suddenly went up at a speed above the normal limit that it was able to climb to. Then it stalled."

AFP