6000 fpm climb and subsequent stall reported
BBC News - AirAsia flight QZ8501 'climbed too fast'
Indonesia's transport minister has said AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed too fast just before it stalled, crashing into the sea with the loss of 162 lives. Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta the jet had climbed at a speed of 6,000 ft (1,828 m).
"It is unlikely a fighter jet would increase its flight level at a speed of 6,000 ft per minute," he said.
There were no survivors when the jet crashed in the Java sea on 28 December, en route from Surabaya to Singapore.
The Airbus A320-200 is thought to have encountered difficulties from an approaching storm.
Bodies are still being retrieved from the crash area where debris was scattered across the sea.
The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were found last week.
The fuselage of the plane, believed to hold most of the bodies, has also been located and search teams are now working out how to retrieve it.
The authorities are expected to issue a preliminary report on the crash on 28 January.