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Indonesia: Crashed AirAsia flight climbs too fast before disappearing from radar

Indonesia said here Tuesday that the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at an abnormally high rate and plunged suddenly before disappearing from radar.

Addressing the Parliament, Indonesian Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan said " it is not normal to climb like that. It is very rare for commercial planes which normally climb just 1,000 to 2,000 feet per minute."

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