"AirAsia has committed a violation of the route that has been given to them," transport ministry spokesman J.A. Barata told the newspaper.
According to Barata, AirAsia previously had a permission to fly daily flights from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore but received a new permit in October, allowing it to fly this route only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The airline's flights along the route have now been suspended.
AirAsia's Airbus A320-200, carrying 155 passengers and seven crew members, vanished off radars some 40 minutes after takeoff on December 28 and crashed into the Java Sea. The black boxes from the plane are yet to be found.
AirAsia flight search: 30 victims’ bodies recovered, some of them belted into seats #AirAsia8501 pic.twitter.com/TrKYwVyg1F
— Akbar H Ansari (@akbaraha) 2 января 2015
According to the local media, 30 bodies of the crash victims have been recovered so far. The flight was carrying a total of 162 passengers and crew.
Not just a number — a look at just some of the 162 people on board @AirAsia flight #QZ8501 via @STcom #AirAsia8501 pic.twitter.com/K291ypAFGD
— Haidi Lun 伦海迪 (@HaidiLun) 1 января 2015
