Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

PK-AXC, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in April 2014
Accident
Date	28 December 2014 (2014-12-28)
Summary	Crashed into the sea following pilot error; mishandled non-critical failure leading to stall
Site	Karimata Strait, Java Sea 3°37′23″S 109°42′43″E / 3.623°S 109.712°E / -3.623; 109.712 (AirAsia Flight 8501 debris field)[a]
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A320-216
Operator	Indonesia AirAsia
IATA flight No.	QZ8501
ICAO flight No.	AWQ8501
Call sign	WAGON AIR 8501
Registration	PK-AXC
Flight origin	Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia
Destination	Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore
Occupants	162
Passengers	155
Crew	7
Fatalities	162
Survivors	0

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Indonesia AirAsia from Surabaya, Java, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the Airbus A320 flying the route crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board. When search operations ended in March 2015, only 116 bodies had been recovered.

In December 2015, the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT or NTSC) released a report concluding that a non-critical malfunction in the rudder control system prompted the captain to perform a non-standard reset of the on-board flight control computers. Control of the aircraft was subsequently lost, resulting in a stall and uncontrolled descent into the sea. Miscommunication between the two pilots was cited as a contributing factor.^[1][2][3]

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