Indonesia confirms missing AirAsia flight crashed

Indonesia confirms missing AirAsia flight crashed

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Search continues for an AirAsia flight QZ8501 that went missing over Java Sea on Sunday, with rescuers saying the Airbus, carrying 162 people, might have crashed and could at the bottom of the sea. The plane took off from Surabaya in Indonesia and was en-route Singapore when it disappeared from the radar at early in the morning.
95 PER CENT SURE DEBRIS OFF KALIMANTAN COAST IS FROM MISSING AIRASIA JET: INDONESIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY CHIEF

SUSPECTED BODY, LIFE VEST, LUGGAGE SPOTTED BY AIR FORCE OFFICIAL: INDONESIAN MEDIA REPORTS -

Objects resembling a body, luggage, a life vest and debris suspected to be part of an AirAsia jet that disappeared over the Java Sea were spotted by a pilot involved in the search operation, domestic media reported on Tuesday.

"The body seemed bloated," said First Lieutenant Tri Wibowo who was on board a Hercules aircraft during the search operation, reported the Kompas.com website.

RED AND WHITE DEBRIS SIGHTED OFF KALIMANTAN IS PROBABLY FROM AIRASIA JET, SAYS OFFICIAL

Red and white debris sighted off Indonesia's Kalimantan coast is likely to be part the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, a transportation ministry official said on Tuesday.

"The debris is red and white," Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting director general of air transportation at the transportation ministry, told reporters. "We are checking if it's debris from the aircraft. It's probably from the body of the aircraft."

Based on the size and colouring of the debris, it was likely to be part of the missing jet, Murjatmodjo added.

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INDONESIAN TV SHOWS FOOTAGE OF OBJECTS IN WATER, POSSIBLY PART OF MISSING AIRASIA JET

Indonesian television showed footage of objects floating in the Java Sea on Tuesday which an official said could be part of the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast.

Indonesian TV showed two relatively large objects, one orange and one grey or brown, floating on the surface. The largest appeared to be several metres in length.

"Hopefully we will find something definite because I haven't received anything else," an Air Force official told MetroTV referring to the reported debris. "Other aircraft are still carrying out searches."