AnAirAsiaflighttoMalaysiawasforcedtoreturntoAustraliashortlyaftertake-offfollowingasuspectedbirdstrike,thecarriersaidTuesday,thesecondincidentinvolvingtheairlin
After days of search, Indonesian navy divers have finally succeeded in retrieving the flight data recorder (FDR) of the crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea, shedding light on determining the cause of the fatal crash with 162 people onboard.
Rescuers on Tuesday saw a shadow believed to be part of a plane around the waters where an exit door, several objects and six bodies were found off Pangkalan Bun of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia., and are confirmed as parts of AirAsia missing plane, a rescuer said here.
The United States on Tuesday pledged additional aid in search for a missing AirAsia flight, as debris and six bodies have been found.
Malaysia's low-cost carrier AirAsia's shareprice fell to a low of RM2.56 (about 0.73 U.S. dollar) in a knee-jerk reaction following the disappearance of Flight QZ8501 in Indonesia on Sunday.
Japanese e-commerce and Internet giant Rakuten Inc. is planning to invest in Malaysian-owned budged airline carrier AirAsia Bhd, with the two companies eyeing the launch of a joint venture next year, pending government approval, local media reported Thursday.
Malaysia's Air Asia and Indian Tata group's joint venture AirAsia India's maiden flight took off from Bangalore city of India's southern state of Karnataka on Thursday afternoon amid court dispute between one of its Indian stake holders and a major BJP politician, local media reported.