AirAsia QZ8501 conspiracy theories: what happened to the plane?

Some online theorists believe AirAsia crash was predicted last year, others say plane was shot down

AirAsia plane
(Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

As Indonesian search teams resume their hunt in the Java Sea for the black box flight recorders from AirAsia flight QZ8501, conspiracy theories about what may have caused the passenger plane to crash have begun surfacing on the internet.

Here are some of the more interesting and unusual explanations that have emerged so far:

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