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AirAsia Flight 8501

Also known as QZ8501, AWQ8501, Flight 8501, AirAsia crash of 2014, Airbus A320-216 crash of 2014, Java Sea plane crash of 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, WAGON AIR 8501

2014 plane crash of an Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 into the Java Sea

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AirAsia Flight 8501 was a commercial airplane that crashed into the Java Sea in 2014, killing everyone on board. The disaster highlighted aviation safety concerns in the region and became one of the deadliest aviation accidents involving the AirAsia airline.

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Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Indonesia AirAsia from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the Airbus A320 flying the route crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 of the people on board. When search operations ended in March 2015, only 116 bodies had been recovered. As of 2026, this is the only fatal accident involving AirAsia and its affiliates.

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.