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Co-pilot flew AirAsia aircraft before crash
Jakarta, Jan 29
The French co-pilot was flying
the AirAsia flight QZ8501 before it crashed into waters off Indonesia
last month, investigators said here Thursday.
Head of the
investigators from the National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT)
Mardjono Siswosuwarno said: "The second-in-command, known as co-pilot,
who usually sits to the right of the cockpit, was flying the plane at
the time of crash. The captain, sitting to the left, was the pilot
monitoring."
Addressing a press conference at the office of the
committee, Mardjono said both the flight data recorder and the voice
cockpit recorder indicated that the Airbus A320-200 with 162 passengers
and crew on board was flying within the limits of its weight and balance
envelope before the crash.
"The plane was on sound condition for
flight before the accident, and was flying within the limits of weight
and balance envelope. All crew had valid licences and medical
certificates," Xinhua news agency quoted Mardjono as saying.