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Snake on a plane! Moment passengers discover slithery stowaway on AirAsia flight

The snake, which is believed to be harmless, was captured by a flight attendant.

AirAsia CEO slammed for sharing shirtless massage photo

Tony Fernandes, the CEO of AirAsia, is facing backlash after he posted a picture of himself receiving a massage while shirtless in the middle of a management meeting.

Passengers kicked off AirAsia flight to Thailand after having profane meltdown: video

Two Australian travelers on their way to Phuket have been filmed lashing out at passengers before being booted off the AirAsia flight by patient airline staff.

Dead baby found in plane bathroom with mouth full of toilet paper

A dead baby was found abandoned inside the lavatory of an AirAsia India flight that landed in New Delhi on Wednesday, police and the airline said. The mother of the...

Plane passenger caught picking skin on foot, flicking onto floor

Video of an AirAsia passenger playing with his bare feet on a crowded plane has gone viral online. Jade Thomas and her boyfriend Trong Nguyen were traveling from Kuala Lumpur,...

Obnoxious passenger shamed back to coach after helping herself to 'upgrade'

A determined airline passenger helped herself to a seat upgrade three times — until a fed-up flier shamed her into retreating to coach, according to a report. The business-class warfare...

Faulty rudder control to blame for deadly AirAsia crash: probe

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian investigators say a faulty rudder control system and the pilots' response led to the crash of an AirAsia plane last year that killed all 162 people...

Investigators: Crashed AirAsia jet flown by co-pilot

The co-pilot of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 was flying the doomed jetliner as the captain monitored the flight in the moments before it crashed on Dec. 28, killing all 162 people...

Crashed AirAsia jet stalled after climbing too fast

The AirAsia jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people aboard stalled after climbing too fast, according to Indonesian officials who said the plane was unlikely downed by...

Here are the world's least safe airlines

Airlines from Nepal, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan bottomed out on a list of the world’s safest carriers. AirAsia, which recently lost 162 passengers and crew in an Indonesia-to-Singapore journey, also rated...

Divers retrieve second black box from AirAsia crash

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers retrieved the crashed AirAsia plane's second black box from the bottom of the Java Sea on Tuesday, giving experts essential tools to piece together what...

AirAsia flight data recorder found, in good condition

The flight data recorder from the doomed AirAsia airliner arrived in Jakarta on Monday and is in good condition, while the cockpit voice recorder has been found but not yet...

Divers thwarted in search for black boxes of AirAsia plane

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Strong currents and blinding silt thwarted divers' attempt Thursday to find AirAsia Flight QZ8501's black boxes, which are believed to still be in the recently discovered...

Indonesian officials suspended over unscheduled flight approvals

Seven Indonesian aviation officials have been suspended for their alleged links to unscheduled flight approvals — including the takeoff of ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a report says. The doomed airliner, which...

Tail of missing AirAsia plane discovered

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle on Wednesday spotted the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea, the first confirmed sighting of...

AirAsia victim told family she'd 'spend time alone at sea'

A woman who perished in the AirAsia disaster told her relatives at the airport she was going to “spend time alone at sea” for her birthday — chilling words that have...

Searchers think they've found AirAsia plane's tail

Searchers have found what could be the tail of the AirAsia airliner that crashed mysteriously with 162 people aboard — raising hope for a breakthrough in the investigation because the black...

Passengers refuse to reboard after engine explodes on AirAsia plane

It was another rough weekend for AirAsia. One of the Indonesian airline’s commercial jets lost an engine to an explosion this weekend and the airline thought it could push passengers...

Four massive objects located in AirAsia flight search

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the ocean...

AirAsia used unauthorized route on day of crash

AirAsia is under investigation by the Indonesian Transport Ministry following a Friday news report that the airline wasn’t authorized to fly the Surabaya-to-Singapore route the day doomed Flight 8501 went...