JAKARTA: Revelations that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 climbed too fast before stalling and plunging into the sea point to 'striking' similarities between the Java Sea accident and the 2009 crash of an Air France jet, analysts said on Wednesday.

Indonesian Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan said the Airbus A320-200 was ascending at a rate of 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) a minute before stalling, as it flew in stormy weather last month from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore.