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AWQ8501

January 17, 2023

Thanks to our patron Dani for recommending this episode!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/world/asia/airasia-crash-report-indonesia.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/airasia-plane-missing-en-route-to-singapore/43/

Research Sources:

https://bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/Final_Report_PK-AXC-reduite.pdf

“Deadly Solution .” Air Disasters, season 10, episode 9, Smithsonian Channel , 10 Mar. 2018.

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In Pilot Failures Tags Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, flight 8501, Pilot Error
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