The missing AirAsia flight has been found off the coast of Indonesia's Kalimantan coast according to a search and rescue team. Some bodies have been recovered according to local reports, but there are thought to be no survivors.
Tuesday, December 30
09:36 GMT:
The Indonesian navy says they have pulled more than 40 dead bodies out of the sea.
#BREAKING: More than 40 bodies retrieved in AirAsia search: Indonesian navy
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 30, 2014
09:28 GMT:
Pictures of floating bodies were broadcast on local television and were watched by relatives of the missing, who had gathered at a crisis center in Surabaya. Many broke down in tears, while several people collapsed and had to be helped away, according to a Reuters reporter.
"You have to be strong," the mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, said as she comforted relatives."They are not ours, they belong to God."
Family members of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 cry at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya December 30, 2014 (Reuters / Beawiharta)
09:25 GMT:
Body bags and supplies are already being loaded onto a plane to travel to the area where the bodies and debris have been spotted.
A search and rescue worker prepares to load body bags onto a flight to Kalimantan in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka December 30, 2014 (Reuters / Darren Whiteside)
08:56 GMT:
An Indonesian search and rescue agency official has said the debris in the Java Sea is that of the missing AirAsia plane. according to Reuters.
08:48 GMT:
A map showing where the debris of the AirAsia airplane has been found.
Map illustrating where #QZ8501 debris was sighted off Pangkalan Bun near West Kalimantanhttp://t.co/GPtCbn7zeDpic.twitter.com/rqospSiM8n
— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 30, 2014
08:26 GMT:
The CEO of AirAsia, Tony Fernandes say he is making his way to Surabaya immediately, following the discovery of bodies and debris off Indonesia's Kalimantan coast.
I am rushing to Surabaya. Whatever we can do at Airasia we will be doing.
— Tony Fernandes (@tonyfernandes) December 30, 2014
My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences ...http://t.co/OJGobL93cR
— Tony Fernandes (@tonyfernandes) December 30, 2014
08:18 GMT:
The Indonesian National Search and Rescue Director Supriyadi has said that a shadow has been spotted on the seabed that is believed to be that of the missing AirAsia airplane, according to AFP.
#BREAKING Plane spots 'shadow' on seabed believed to be AirAsia jet: Indonesia search chief
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 30, 2014
08:10 GMT:
Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter on Borneo island say they have recovered several bodies, which were floating in the sea near to where the missing AirAsia plane was last located by radar. Images on local television showed at least one bloated corpse, according to AP.
MORE: Bodies found floating near where missing AirAsia flight last seen have been brought to Indonesian navy ship:http://t.co/hNmQMFyVGp
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 30, 2014
The agency added that the bodies were swollen but were intact. They were subsequently brought to an Indonesian naval ship, the National Search and Rescue Director Supriyadi told reporters. He added that none of the corpses were wearing life jackets.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the navy, Manahan Simorangkir told loval television that several people had been found, but would not elaborate on whether they were dead or alive.
The bodies, swollen but intact, were brought to an Indonesian navy ship, National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi told reporters in the nearest town, Pangkalan Bun. The corpses did not have life jackets on.
07:59 GMT:
AFP are reporting that the Indonesian search and rescue team has found a body during its search for the AirAsia plane.
#BREAKING Body found in sea search for AirAsia Flight #QZ8501: Indonesian search and rescue
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 30, 2014
07:35 GMT:
The head of the Indonesian search and rescue agency says he is 95 percent sure that the debris that has been found off the Kalimantan coast is that from the missing AirAsia plane, which was reported by Reuters.
“I am 95 percent sure that the location pictured is debris suspected to be from the aircraft,”Indonesia Search and Rescue Agency chief Soelistyo told reporters.
Sumber : http://rt.com/news/218155-missing-airasia-flight-updates/
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