the transportation ministry has revealed harsh measures against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits — including the suspension of the airport’s operator and officials in the control tower.
Wonder how this will play out as news reports have cited that the "flight took" off 25 mins before the tower opened officially and on a Sunday I highly doubt you would find the airport operator (Manager) around. So it sounds like they are making sure the blame sits firmly on AirAsia while letting the public believe they will make swift action against so called offenders.
Wonder if this is the reason why the flight moved up 2 hours ahead of schedule and/or was it for wx?