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AirAsia QZ8501: 'Pings' detected in plane search | AirAsia QZ8501: 'Pings' detected in plane search |
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"Pings" have been detected in the Java Sea which could have come from the "black box" of AirAsia flight QZ8501, officials say. | |
The commander of the Indonesian armed forces, Gen Moeldoko, told the BBC divers had been sent to investigate. | |
There are concerns that this means the flight recorders are not in the tail of the plane, found earlier, as previously thought, he added. | |
QZ8501 disappeared from radar on 28 December with 162 people on board. | QZ8501 disappeared from radar on 28 December with 162 people on board. |
No survivors have been found from the plane, which was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore. | |
"A ship detected the pings. The divers are trying to reach it," said S.B Supriyadi, in Pangkalan Bun, the base for search operations. | |
"The location of the ping is reported to be near where the tail was found." | |
The BBC's Alice Budisatrijo, who is on board an Indonesian warship with Gen Moeldoko, says a crane has been deployed to pull the tail out of the water. An attempt yesterday was hampered by strong currents and low visibility. | |
The rear part of the plane was spotted on Wednesday by an unmanned underwater vehicle and is usually where the flight data recorders are housed. | |
Authorities said it was upside down and partially buried. Gen Moeldoko said on Friday it appeared to be in broken condition. |