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| Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501: Bodies of passengers 'recovered' and 'emergency slide and plane door' spotted in hunt for missing plane | |
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| Debris found off the coast of Borneo is likely to be missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, Indonesian officials have said amid reports that several swollen bodies of victims have been recovered. | |
| Around 10 objects have been found in the Java Sea, roughly six miles from where the plane lost contact with air traffic control, including what Indonesian air force officials claim are items resembling a plane door and emergency slide. | Around 10 objects have been found in the Java Sea, roughly six miles from where the plane lost contact with air traffic control, including what Indonesian air force officials claim are items resembling a plane door and emergency slide. |
| First Lieutenant Tri Wibowo, who was on board a Hercules during the search operation, described finding the debris. "As we approached, the body seemed bloated," he told local national newspaper Kompas. | |
| National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi later told reporters in Pangkalan Bun that bodies had been brought onto an Indonesian ship. The bodies were not reportedly wearing life jackets. | |
| The CEO of AirAsia Tony Fernandes tweeted: "My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences". | |
| Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told reporters that he was "95 per cent" sure the debris was from the missing plane. | |
| During the press conference, held at around 2pm local time, he also said that search teams had seen a shadow underneath the water, allegedly in the shape of a plane. | |
| Yusef Latif, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Search and Rescue team, said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast, about 105 miles south of Pangkalan Bun. AirAsia’s livery is red and white. | |
| My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences ... http://t.co/OJGobL93cR | |
| Mr Latif called the discovery “most significant” but cautioned: “we cannot confirm anything until the investigation is completed". | |
| Some of the debris found | |
| The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 individuals including one Briton and his young daughter, disappeared on Sunday while en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. | The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 individuals including one Briton and his young daughter, disappeared on Sunday while en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. |
| An international rescue team has been launched with at least 30 ships, 15 aircrafts and seven helicopters scouring the sea around where the plane was last heard from. | An international rescue team has been launched with at least 30 ships, 15 aircrafts and seven helicopters scouring the sea around where the plane was last heard from. |
| The United States announced it was sending the USS Sampson destroyer, joining teams from China, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Thailand also involved in the search, with local fishermen helping Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief Soelistyo told reporters. | |
| Another shot of the debris | |
| This is the second sighting of debris after a disappointment yesterday when two darken patches on the sea where initially believed to be oil slicks. They later emerged as clutches of coral underwater. | This is the second sighting of debris after a disappointment yesterday when two darken patches on the sea where initially believed to be oil slicks. They later emerged as clutches of coral underwater. |
| The search has expanded to include not only the sea but nearby land, with two Indonesian helicopters scouring Pangkalan Bun island looking for any sign of wreckage earlier this morning. | The search has expanded to include not only the sea but nearby land, with two Indonesian helicopters scouring Pangkalan Bun island looking for any sign of wreckage earlier this morning. |
| Additional helicopters were used to examine the land on the smaller islands of Bangka and Belitung to the east. | Additional helicopters were used to examine the land on the smaller islands of Bangka and Belitung to the east. |
| Nearly all the passengers and crew are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays. | Nearly all the passengers and crew are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays. |
| The crash marks a tragic end to aviation in Southeast Asia in 2014. Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of MH370, which disappeared with all 239 passengers on board. The shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine killed all 298 passengers and crew and provoked international outrage amid an outpouring of grief.Additional reporting by Associated Press | The crash marks a tragic end to aviation in Southeast Asia in 2014. Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of MH370, which disappeared with all 239 passengers on board. The shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine killed all 298 passengers and crew and provoked international outrage amid an outpouring of grief.Additional reporting by Associated Press |