AirAsia Flight 8501 is high above the Java Sea when it approaches a tropical storm. The captain radios air traffic control to request a path around the weather, but when he is cleared to climb, the captain doesn’t respond. The controller repeats his message but doesn’t hear back, and when the plane starts climbing steeply it appears something has gone terribly wrong.

What did the captain do wrong?

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Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 16 Episode 9 :

An investigation into Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java sea with 162 people on board in December 2014. A mysterious action by the captain set off a deadly sequence of events.

Every time a plane crashes, the world takes notice, and so do the experts whose job it is to figure out what happened. Mayday uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters, and every episode features eyewitness accounts, captivating reenactments, state-of-the-art CGI, and interviews with the investigators who ultimately determined what went wrong.

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Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget.

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