An analyst has said that the AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at a virtually impossible rate, which may have led to the plane being practically thrown down into the sea.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Indonesian aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman said that the AirAsia jet climbed in a way that was impossible to achieve by the pilot and that it subsequently "didn't fall out of the sky like an aeroplane".
He said that it was like a piece of metal being thrown down, adding that the way it went down was bordering on the edge of logic.
Soejatman said that leaked figures revealed the plane climbed at a virtually record rate of 6000 to 9000 feet per minute- not advisable at altitude in an Airbus 320 with "pilot action".
He said that at the most an airbus could climb at the rate of 1000 to 1500 feet on a sustained basis, with up to 3000 feet in a burst.
The figures further highlighted "the extremely low ground speed" of the plane at the time of descent, which went as low as 61 knots, explaining why it was found in the water just 10km from its last point of radar contact, the report said.
AirAsia flight QZ8501, flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday. (ANI)
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Indonesian aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman said that the AirAsia jet climbed in a way that was impossible to achieve by the pilot and that it subsequently "didn't fall out of the sky like an aeroplane".
He said that it was like a piece of metal being thrown down, adding that the way it went down was bordering on the edge of logic.
Soejatman said that leaked figures revealed the plane climbed at a virtually record rate of 6000 to 9000 feet per minute- not advisable at altitude in an Airbus 320 with "pilot action".
He said that at the most an airbus could climb at the rate of 1000 to 1500 feet on a sustained basis, with up to 3000 feet in a burst.
The figures further highlighted "the extremely low ground speed" of the plane at the time of descent, which went as low as 61 knots, explaining why it was found in the water just 10km from its last point of radar contact, the report said.
AirAsia flight QZ8501, flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday. (ANI)
