Captain Iriyanto (LEFT). PK-AXC (CENTER). First Officer Rémi Emmanuel Plesel (RIGHT).
QZ8501 took off from Juanda International Airport at 05:35 Western Indonesian Time 28 December 2014. (22:35 UTC 27 December 2014). At 06:12WIT (23:12UTC) the pilot request permission to climb to 38,000ft to avoid big storm clouds. Shortly after at 6:18 Western Indonesian Time (23:18 UTC) ATC lost contact with the aircraft.
FDR data at the time of the stall showed sidesticks dual input. The captain pulled up (LEFT). The co-pilot pushed down (RIGHT). Which resulted in no movement of the elevator control surfaces (=0) and the plane stalled until the recording ended.
On 1 December 2015, the NTSC released its report concluding that the sequence of events leading to the crash started with a malfunction in the rudder travel limiter unit that eventually led to a 104-degree roll of the aircraft. The pilots response & miscommunication was linked in the chain of events that led to the loss of the aircraft.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 final report:
http://kemhubri.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_home/ntsc.htm
Article by: @AirCrashMayday