AirAsia Flight 8501 Sank Into Deep Waters. Just two days away from another vanishing airplane from Malaysia, AirAsia Flight 8501, there are still many questions to be answered. The most natural conclusion by aviation experts is that AirAsia sank as a whole into the Java Sea, a deep body of water. This superficially resembles the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines MH370 near the Indian Ocean. The Indonesian AirAsia is a subsidiary of - AirAsia, headquartered in Malaysia.
Despite rescue workers hinting at AirAsia Flight 8501 going down in the Java Sea, more than 300,000 kilometers of deep waters, CNN reported that there are stark differences between the AirAsia 8501 Flight vanishing in bad weather and losing touch with air control about 45 minutes into the flight from Surabaya to Singapore, the MH370 Malaysian Airlines flight was a different story.
It was also reported that the jet had made a request for a 'deviation' as a result of storm clouds, according to AirAsia, adding the "Indonesia's transport ministry said the pilot had asked permission to climb to 38,000 ft (11,000m) to avoid thick cloud," BBC News reported.
A closer look at the two flights reveal that AirAsia crashed into deep waters as a single piece, making rescue efforts difficult, if not impossible. And Malaysian Airlines MH370 did not lose touch with air traffic controllers but the plane's transponders appeared to be switched off and the plane was rerouted. The MH370 still remain an aviation mystery. The Malaysian Airlines aircraft fell into a body of water that is used by ships, and rescuers were looking to identify debris floating on the surface of the water.
One missing link common to both these air crashes was that both these planes did not have a satellite tracking device on board and experts say this could be the 'take-home' lesson from the AirAsia Flight 8501.
A budget airline based in Malaysia, the carrier owns almost half of AirAsia Indonesia. This is the first time AirAsia has lost a plane. However, in 2014 Malaysian Airlines lost two flights - the MH370, and the MH17 was shot down over Ukraine kill 298 passengers and crew.
