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AirScotia
Is it possible the pilots were not properly informed about the weather en-route?
Head of Data and Information BMKG Juanda , Bambang Setiajid , confirmed information that Air Asia QZ8501 not ask weather briefing . Though BMKG data showed growth cumulonimbus cloud remarkable since 02.00 .
I used to operate an early morning flight out of Surabaya, where scheduled departure time for us was 0600 local. My reporting time at flight operations was 0500 and we often had to wait until 0530 for the weather forecasts to come through from the briefing office because they were not adequately staffed for the early morning departures. Although this is no excuse if they did infact depart without a weather forecast, it does however highlight the difficulties that crews face when operating in this part of the world.