Report: Pilots Disabled Critical Computers Moments Before AirAsia Crash

Report: Pilots Disabled Critical Computers Moments Before AirAsia Crash
Parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 is seen on the deck of rescue ship Crest Onyx at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane was fished out of the Java Sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 is seen on the deck of rescue ship Crest Onyx at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane was fished out of the Java Sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The pilots of AirAsia Bhd. Flight 8501 cut power to a critical computer system that normally prevents planes from going out of control shortly before it plunged into the Java Sea, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

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