Ice might have caused AirAsia crash, Indonesia's meteorological agency says
Indonesia's meteorological agency says weather 'triggering factor' as three more bodies found
Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesia's meteorological agency said, as divers found three bodies yesterday during a momentary respite from bad weather that has hampered rescue efforts.
The Airbus A320-200 crashed into the Java Sea a week ago carrying 162 people from Indonesia's second city Surabaya to Singapore, and relief workers are hunting for the "black box" flight data recorders to determine the cause of the crash.
An initial report on the website of BMKG, Indonesia's meteorological agency, suggested the weather at the time the plane went down sparked the disaster after it appeared to fly into the storm clouds. "The most probable weather phenomenon was icing which can cause engine damage due to a cooling process," said the report.
"This is just one of the possibilities that occurred based on the analysis of existing meteorological data."
Five major parts of the Airbus A320-200 have now been found in the waters off of Borneo.
But rough weather throughout the week has hampered the relief process, a huge operation assisted by several countries including the United States and Russia.