AirAsia captain left seat before jet lost control

The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control, two people familiar with......

French co-pilot was 'flying AirAsia plane' when it crashed

The first officer, not the captain, was flying the doomed AirAsia Flight 8501 when it crashed into the ocean en route to Singapore last month, killing all 162 people aboard, officials said......

He dreamed of being a pilot: Sister of AirAsia QZ8501 co-pilot

The sister of Remi Plesel, the French co-pilot of the doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501, said that aviation was his passion. Paying tribute to Plesel, his sister said that he was an "excellent" pilot......

How missing Flight 8501 is different from MH370

Nine months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, an Airbus A320 airliner carrying 162 people, disappeared from......