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QZ8501: WHAT HAPPENED? Why did it crash?

Did a Chinese Blogger predict the fate of QZ8501? 13 days before it happened?

AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501: CREW, PASSENGERS AND FAMILIES

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NONE OF THE VICTIMS ARE SHOWN HERE.

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TUESDAY, 13 JANUARY 2015

THIS REPORT BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES IS MISLEADING! It gives the impression that it is QZ8501 that is being talked about but it cannot be. They have just recovered the cockpit flight recorder. No one has played it yet!

Look also at the words said: “We will know what really happened from the conversations between pilot and co-pilot prior to the crash,” he said.

IN FACT, IT WILL BE A MONTH BEFORE THE REPORT IS OUT!

It will take:
1.  One week to download the date.
2. One month for a preliminary report.
3. One year for a final report!

Indonesia’s National Transport Safety Committee said the boxes would undergo a lengthy analysis in the capital. Mr Suryanto Cahyono, a senior investigator from the committee, told AFP that it would take about a week to download the data before analysis could begin.

He said French experts from Airbus were in Jakarta to help with the analysis, and experts from countries whose citizens were involved in the crash would also assist.

The committee has said a preliminary report on the accident will be produced within a month, and a final report after a year.

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/airasia-flight-qz8501-debris-and-bodies-are-found-search-bad-weather#9

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2m:
#QZ8501 : #Pilots’ last words give #goosebumps http://www.nst.com.my/node/69503 THIS IS CRAP: NO ONE HAS HEARD FLIGHT RECORDER https://weehingthong.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/where-is-airasia-indonesia-flight-qz8501-from-surabaya-to-singapore/ …

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KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being an investigator for almost two decades, analysing the Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 will be one of the toughest challenging for Nurcahyo Utomo, who knew the pilot personally.

The National Transportation Safety Committee investigator, Nurchayo said listening to recording from black boxes over and over again can be disturbing and requires utmost mental strength.

“Listening to the playback of a black box involved in a crash is not like listening to music or a discussion.

“We are listening to a recording that represents the last moments before the crash and it is disturbing. There are times where the investigators would get unnerved listening to the recording,” he told Viva.co.id.

Analysing the recording while listening to their final words like “Allahuakhbar” repeatedly, give the investigators goose bumps, Nurcahyo said.

“It is as if we can feel them… Allahuakhbar, Allahuakhbar were the last words said before they died.

“Despite the heavy heart we could not escape from the task. Hearing to the last conversation would be the key to reveal the cause of the AirAsia crash.

“We will know what really happened from the conversations between pilot and co-pilot prior to the crash,” he said.

http://www.nst.com.my/node/69503

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MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 2015

PART OF THE BLACK BOX HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP OUT OF THE SEA.

Flight data recorder retrieved from crashed AirAsia jet: official

JAKARTA – The flight data recorder was retrieved Monday from the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people on board, Indonesia’s national search and rescue chief said.

“I received information from the National Transport Safety Committee chief that at 07:11 am, we succeeded in bringing up part of the black box that we call the flight data recorder,” Bambang Soelistyo told reporters.

The cockpit voice recorder has yet to be recovered, he added.

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/flight-data-recorder-retrieved-crashed-airasia-jet-official#xtor=CS1-2
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SUNDAY, 11 JANUARY 2015

BLACK BOX FOUND! TO BE RETRIEVED ON MONDAY.

SURABAYA: Indonesia’s Directorate General of Marine Transport has confirmed that the black box has been found, Indonesia authorities said in a press release on Sunday (Jan 11).

Retrieval will be attempted on Monday morning, they added.

– CNA/av

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/airasia-qz8501-black-box/1583208.html?cid=TWTCNA

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Watch the video:

AirAsia plane tail brought to the surface

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SATURDAY, 10 JANUARY 2015

They got the tail up! Still, no black box yet.

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AirAsia Flight 8501’s tail recovered http://on.wsj.com/1Kv8Dda 

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia—The tail section of AirAsia Flight 8501 was lifted from the floor of the Java Sea on Saturday and loaded on to a ship, but searchers continued hunting for the plane’s black box data recorders on the bottom of the sea.

The mangled tail section, the first significant piece of the plane to be recovered, was being taken to the port of Kumai near here so that air crash investigators can examine it for clues to what caused the aircraft to crash into the sea on Dec. 28 with 162 passengers aboard. The wreckage was found about 100 miles offshore.

The recovery team used inflatable bags to lift the tail section off the sea floor and a crane to load it onto the ship.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/airasia-flight-8501-tail-recovered-1420878809

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CNN

Rescuers raise the tail of AirAsia Flight QZ8501

Surabaya, Indonesia (CNN)Onlookers clapped as an underwater balloon heaved a submerged object up toward the surface. They could see red coloring appear, like the kind on the tail section of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing over the Java Sea.

Divers had found the tail on Wednesday, and on Friday, divers investigated pings a search ship had detected.

They lowered ropes and slings down to the tail and planned to inflate giant airbags or balloons underneath to lift the tail from the bottom of the sea. A crane will raise the section out of the water.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/10/asia/airasia-disaster/index.html

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THURSDAY, 8 JANUARY 2015

Search teams have found the tail of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea, the Indonesian search chief said on Wednesday (Jan 7). Efforts are now being made to retrieve the tail, which is expected to hold the black box.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/live-blog-airasia-flight/1575652.html?cid=TWTCNA

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WEDNESDAY, 7 JANUARY 2014

Images show #AirAsia #QZ8501 tail section underwater: Indonesia’s @tvOneNews http://cna.asia/qz8501day11 

1.58PM: The tail of QZ8501 was spotted by an Indonesian geo-survey ship, and the object spotted has “PK-AXC” written on it – the code of the aircraft. The object was also confirmed with a remotely-operated vehicle sent to make the inspection.
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1.36PM: If the aircraft tail is found, the black box should be there, says AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes. The tail was located 30km from the suspected crash site and 95 divers are on standby for recovery, according to our reporter.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/live-blog-airasia-flight/1573208.html?cid=TWTCNA

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TUESDAY, 6 JANUARY 2014

NO MORE!

BASARNAS Will No Longer Provide Detailed Information About New Debris Recovered From QZ8501 http://ow.ly/GQYvi 

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KUALA LUMPUR: From yesterday onwards, BASARNAS will not provide detailed information to the public on recovery efforts relating to AirAsia QZ8501 that crashed 10 days ago.

F Henry Bambang Soelistyo, the Head Agency of Indonesia National Search and Rescue said they will no longer reveal in detail the results of the ongoing recovery and investigation.

“Starting from yesterday onwards, I will not talk about the discovery in detail.

“Whenever new debris is located, it will be retrieved and stored at Pangkalan Bun or kept on the vessel for investigation purpose, especially if they are not items that relate to the victims’ families interest,” he said to Detik.com

http://www.malaysiandigest.com/frontpage/29-4-tile/536162-basarnas-will-no-longer-provide-detailed-information-about-new-debris-recovered-from-qz8501.html

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MONDAY, 5 JANUARY 2015

S’pore Navy ship finds life raft

S’pore Navy found a life raft that could belong to #QZ8501. What are aviation experts saying?http://ow.ly/GMnun 

http://www.tnp.sg/news/did-life-raft-self-inflate

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SUNDAY, 4 JANUARY 2014

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.MajorNews911: JUST IN: Seats and shell of plane from Air Asia flight #QZ8501 recovered, @oliverpeterson reports.

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Flight QZ8501 search teams fight weather in effort to identify large objects on sea floor: http://abcn.ws/1BuWSxd 

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SATURDAY, 3RD JANUARY 2015

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FRIDAY 2ND JANUARY 2015

Jan 2:

7.26pm: Press conference from BASARNAS now underway. Key points:

– 30 bodies recovered, confirmed BASARNAS. 8 bodies are already in Surabaya, 10 are en route, 4 are in Pangkalan Bun, 7 are on board Indonesian navy vessel KRI Bung Tomo and 1 is on board Malaysian navy ship KD Pahang.

http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/live-updates-day-6-jan-2-search-airasia-flight-qz8501

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Some AirAsia QZ8501 victims found belted in seats

Colonel Yayan Sofiyan, commander of the warship Bung Tomo, told MetroTV his vessel managed to pull seven bodies from the choppy waters today, five still fastened in their seats.

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A member of The Indonesia Red cross prepares coffins for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 at the main hospital in Pangkalan Bun today. Photo: AP

PANGKALAN BUN — After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet today (Jan 2), more than tripling the number of bodies pulled from the Java Sea, some still strapped to their seats.

Of the 30 corpses recovered so far, 21 were found today, many of them by a US Navy ship, according to officials.

Colonel Yayan Sofiyan, commander of the warship Bung Tomo, told MetroTV his vessel managed to pull seven bodies from the choppy waters today, five still fastened in their seats.

Mr Soelistyo, who was only able to confirm two victims in their seats, said a total of 30 bodies have been recovered

http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/some-airasia-qz8501-victims-found-belted-seats

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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

A CORPORATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS BOSS. This boss believes in his people.

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BREAKING: 2 bodies have arrived at #QZ8501 holding area in Pangkalan Bun, @devianti12 reports http://cna.asia/qz8501day4 

1.55PM: The body of one of the victims was clad in a life jacket, reports AP-Dow Jones, citing BASARNAS.

1.19PM: Seventh body said to have been found at the search site, reports Kompas TV. The bodies of four men and three women have been recovered so far, reports AP-Dow Jones.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/live-blog-missing-airasia/1559418.html

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AirAsia flight QZ8501: Indonesia’s search agency finds wreckage at bottom of sea, says report

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/airasia-qz8501-indonesias-search-agency-has-sonar-image-may-be-plane

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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

JAKARTA: Another three bodies were found on Wednesday, including one that was dressed in an air stewardess uniform, said chief of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency who was updating reporters on the recovery efforts for AirAsia flight QZ8501.

The other two bodies were male, said Mr F. H. Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

This brings the total of bodies recovered to six.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/31/AirAsia-more-three-bodies-found/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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CORRECTION: 3 BODIES FOUND, NOT 40!
Indonesia search chief says 3 bodies retrieved, not 40. It was miscommunication earlier.

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Group chief executive officer of AirAsia Tony Fernandes said he intends to visit the site of the tragedy with team members on Wednesday (Dec 31), reported Bernama.

Mr Fernandes said he takes responsibility for the QZ8501 tragedy and is not running away from obligations, the news agency reported.

He said that he hopes that, weather permitting, the retrieval of bodies will be completed tomorrow.
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“Let the black box tell everything. Further investigation will be done the moment we manage to retrieve the black box. It is very improper and inappropriate for me to speculate on anything.”

Sources: Bernama, The Star Online

http://www.tnp.sg/news/airasias-tony-fernandes-says-hes-not-running-away-obligations

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CORRECTION: 3 BODIES FOUND, NOT 40!

Indonesia search chief says 3 bodies retrieved, not 40. It was miscommunication earlier.

“Today we evacuated three bodies and they are now in the warship Bung Tomo,” Bambang Soelistyo told a news conference in Jakarta, adding that they were two females and one male.

Navy spokesman Manahan Simorangkir told AFP earlier that according to naval radio a warship had recovered more than 40 bodies from the sea. But he later said that report was a miscommunication by his staff.

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/airasia-flight-qz8501-indonesia-search-chief-says-3-bodies-retrieved-hunt-not-40#xtor=CS2-4

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Indonesian official show items retrieved from the Java sea during search and rescue operations.

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Some of the presumed debris from flight #QZ8501 has already been brought to shore. Photo via the Guardian

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#QZ8501: ‘Shadow’ spotted on seabed believed to be @AirAsia jet http://bit.ly/1xdIERJ 

JAKARTA, Dec 30 — An air force plane today spotted a “shadow” on the seabed believed to be the missing AirAsia jet, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said.

“God blessed us today,” Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference.

“At 12:50 the air force Hercules found an object described as a shadow at the bottom of the sea in the form of a plane,” he said.

Soelistyo said the search was now being concentrated on the location where the “shadow” and debris had been found, around 160 kilometres (100 miles) southwest of the town of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan on Borneo island.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/shadow-spotted-on-seabed-believed-to-be-airasia-jet

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#QZ8501 Indonesia navy: Up to 40 bodies retrieved and counting http://bit.ly/1HYZ8yW 

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#QZ8501: Where debris from the @AirAsia jet was found by Indonesian authorities just awhile ago

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#AirAsia #QZ8501 UPDATE – More than 40 bodies found, says Indonesian navy http://ow.ly/GzZlW 

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BREAKING NEWS!

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WATCH THE ‘LIVE’ COVERAGE!!!

Live: Missing AirAsia plane QZ8501 debris found, confirms Indonesian Civil Aviation chief http://wp.me/p52fiJ-1Eic

http://www.tvonlineindonesia.net/tvlokal/tvone

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Co–pilot of Air Force Hercules find objects resembling people, bags and suitcases in the Strait Karimata.

Co-pilot Herkules TNI AU menemukan objek menyerupai manusia, tas, dan koper di wilayah Selat Karimata. #BreakingNews

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Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Officials investigating possible debris

Click on this link and watch the video:

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/30/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/index.html

Officials in #QZ8501 search are concerned currents could spread debris before crews arrive. http://cnn.it/1B12xNg 

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Serpihan Warna Perak, Hitam dan Merah Tampak di Perairan Pangkalan Bun

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, PANGKALAN BUN – Serpihan-serpihan berukuran cukup besar terekam di perairan dekat Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah, saat tim pencarian menyisir sekitar lokasi hilangnya pesawat AirAsia QZ8501.

“Posisinya kalau dari Pangkalan Bun arah 230 derajat dengan jarak 105 nautical mile atau 190 kilometer,” kata Marsda Agus Dwi Putranto, Pangkoopsau 1 dalam konferensi pers di Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah, yang disiarkan langsung Kompas TV, Selasa (30/12/2014).

Dalam sejumlah foto yang ditampilkan terlihat setidaknya beberapa serpihan. Masing-masing serpihan berbentuk persegi panjang warna coklat, batang memanjang berwarna perak, segitiga warna kekuningan, dan serpihan-serpihan berwarna hitam dan merah.

Benda-benda tersebut terekam saat tim pencarian melakukan penyisiran Selasa pagi tadi.

http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2014/12/30/serpihan-warna-perak-hitam-dan-merah-tampak-di-perairan-pangkalan-bun

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JUST IN – Items resembling emergency slide, plane door seen in search area #AirAsia #QZ8501 http://ow.ly/GzHs9 

UPDATE (1.30PM) Items resembling emergency slide, plane door have been seen in search area for AirAsia flight QZ8501, reports AFP

​KompasTV is reporting that the debris is 2m long.

The search team is trying to verify where the debris is from.

http://www.tnp.sg/news/qz8501-live-updates-day-3-search-missing-airasia-plane-continues

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The search operation for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 will expand to land on Tuesday, the chief of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas told reporters late on Monday.

Malaysia’s The Star Online reported Mr F. H. Bambang Soelistyo​ as saying: “Search operations tomorrow will expand to land, to, among others, the western part of west Kalimantan province.”

He said the multinational operation involving Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea would continue in the Java sea past dusk on Monday.

Air operations will continue on Tuesday morning.

Source: The Star Online

http://www.tnp.sg/news/search-operation-missing-airasia-flight-qz8501-expand-land-tuesday

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NO, IT’S NOT FROM QZ8501

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla says an object spotted during a sea search for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 wasn’t from the aircraft.

Speaking from Surabaya airport from where the ill-fated plane had taken off yesterday, Kalla says insufficient evidence has been found to confirm what had been reported.

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Jakarta’s Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto said he has been informed that an Australian Orion aircraft had detected suspicious objects near Nangka island, about 160 kilometres southwest of Pangkalan Bun, near central Kalimantan – 1120 kilometres from the location where the plane lost contact.

Australian aircraft detected objects 1120 km from location where #qz8501 lost contact DETAILS: http://yhoo.it/1vCyRjR 

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BREAKING: Objects spotted in sea could belong to AirAsia flight 8501 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/objects-spotted-in-sea-could-belong-airasia-flight-8501-6212881?adfad … #AirAsia8501

Objects spotted in sea could belong to AirAsia flight 8501

breaking news

Published: 8:49PM Monday December 29, 2014 Source: AP

An Indonesian official says objects have been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for the missing AirAsia jet.

Jakarta’s Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto says he was informed that an Australian Orion aircraft had detected suspicious objects near Nangka island, about 160 kilometres southwest of Pangkalan Bun, near central Kalimantan, or 1,120 kilometres from the location where the plane lost contact.

“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto says, “We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.”

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/objects-spotted-in-sea-could-belong-airasia-flight-8501-6212881?adfad

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BREAKING: Indonesian official says Australian planes spot objects in sea in AirAsia search area.

JUST IN: “Something” spotted in #QZ8501 search area, says Indonesia air force in AP-DJ report

BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!

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#QZ8501: Wreckage rumoured to be found, UK reporter tweets http://bit.ly/1JX9eUI 

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Rumours have emerged that the wreckage of missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been found, a UK Telegraph reporter said today.

The paper’s China correspondent Tom Phillips tweeted from Surabaya, Indonesia, that another press conference has been called after Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) chief Bambang Soelistyo told reporters earlier today that the plane carrying 162 people on board had likely crashed in the Java Sea.

“Looks like +1 presser coming up. Rumours wreckage found,” Phillips tweeted from his @tomphillipsin Twitter account, which was reported by The Guardian.

“Senior aviation official tells me ‘we hope we can hear good news’ abt survivors from #QZ8501,” he added.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/wreckage-of-flight-qz8501-rumoured-found-uk-reporter-tweets

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Indonesia search chief: Plane is likely to be at bottom of the sea, and we have no submersibles. Got to borrow!

Monday December 29, 2014 MYT 11:11:06 AM

Missing AirAsia flight: Plane likely ‘at bottom of sea’, says Indonesia search chief

JAKARTA: The Indonesia AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.

“Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference.

“That’s the preliminary suspicion and it can develop based on the evaluation of the result of our search,” he said.

Soelistyo said Indonesia did not have “the tools”, such as submersible vehicles, required to retrieve the plane from the seabed, but that it is reaching out to other countries for help if necessary.

“Due to the lack of technology that we have, I have coordinated with our foreign minister so we will borrow from other countries which have offered. They are the UK, France and US,” he said.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/29/AirAsia-plane/

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08.06AM: The Indonesia military’s search and rescue team are at Manggar, East Belitung, Indonesia, and are briefing fishermen of the search area ahead of heading out for operations. They will set out later on Monday.

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Manggar, East Belitung Island

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Five aircraft will be sent to search for the plane, including two C-130 military transport aircraft and a Boeing 737, Indonesian air force spokesman Hadi Cahyanto told AFP.

“Two planes have already left. Three more will follow suit. It is cloudy in some parts but still bright,” Cahyanto said. “We are focusing the search area in the waters on the eastern and northern part of Belitung island.”

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/search-and-locate/1554418.html

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Up to 200 personnel deployed over 4 sectors in yesterday’s search ops: Indonesian officials http://cna.asia/qz8501day2 

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QZ8501: Australia joins search mission http://www.nst.com.my/node/67104 

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8:00AM Dec 29, 2014

Hunt for QZ8501 resumes, US offers help

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Sarawakian Marks

Current News, Politics, Speculation, Rumours

Uproar! AirAsia QZ8501 seen flying low in the Santubong, Kuching?

http://translate.google.com.my/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://sarawakia.blogspot.com/2014/12/gempar-airasia-qz8501-dilihat-terbang.html&prev=search

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BHOnline

Police denies rumors last QZ8501 aircraft Sarawak

Sunday, December 28, 2014 – 7:13 PM

KUCHING: Police denied the rumors being spread through social networking sites, including Facebook, claiming the aircraft AirAsia Indonesia, QZ8501, seen flying in the air space of the city and Santubong.

Kuching district police chief ACP Roslan Bek, when making the denial, said the spread of inaccurate information could affect the authorities’ efforts to detect aircraft reported lost contact when traveling from Surabaya to Singapore this morning.

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.my&sl=ms&u=http://www.bharian.com.my/node/25724%3Fm%3D1&usg=ALkJrhgy0MIxqj4ERunAnFi7J7U-hNifAg

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MalayMailOnline

Police urge witnesses with information of missing Indonesia AirAsia flight to come forward

Published: December 29, 2014 12:19 AM

KUCHING, Dec 28 — Police in Kuching have asked witnesses who have information on a Facebook entry that claimed to have seen an AirAsia aircraft flying very low at Kampung Buntal, here to come forward and lodge a police report.

“…..news that an aircraft was spotted flying very low in the Kuching airspace has no firm evidence. Police are still waiting for the witness the come forward,” said Kuching police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad.  He made the request through a message sent via Whatsapp to the media, following the emergence of a Facebook entry that claimed to have witnessed a low flying aircraft in the Kuching airspace.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/police-urged-witnesses-with-information-of-missing-indonesia-airasia-flight?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfee

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MalayMailOnline

Indonesia sends team to search Belitung after rumours of jet in water

Published: December 28, 2014 04:29 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has sent a team down to its Bangka-Belitung Islands, following unconfirmed reports of a jet said to have gone down in the waters there.

The search-and-rescue operation was called after an Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore was reported missing earlier this morning.

Indonesian daily Jakarta Post reported a representative from the agency’s base in island’s capital city in Pangkalpinang saying they believed the passenger plane with 162 on board may have gone down 145km to the east of the islands — which is the mid-way mark between its point of departure in the island of Surabaya in Indonesia, and its destination of Singapore.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/indonesia-sends-team-to-search-belitung-after-rumours-of-jet-in-water

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7:15PM: AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes tweets “this is my worst nightmare, but there is no stopping”.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html

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A separate Air Asia flight had to turn back after experiencing technical difficulties.

Air Asia flight AK6242 had to return to Penang International Airport at 4.30pm on Sunday (Dec 28) just 10 minutes after taking off reported the New Straits Times.

It was en route to Langkawi.

A passenger on the flight, Subash Elangovan, told New Straits Times that the pilot announced that the flight had experienced technical difficulties and that it was going to turn back to Penang International airport.

Flight path of AK6242

While it is unknown what was the technical difficulties, the flight then took off again at 6pm and landed at Langkawi International Airport at 6.47 pm

Flight status of Air Asia flight AK 6242. Photo Screengrab/ Langkawi Airport.com

Source: New Straits Times, Langkawi Airport

http://www.tnp.sg/news/air-asia-flight-turns-back-after-experiencing-technical-difficulties

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SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS HAVE STOPPED DUE TO NIGHT FALL AND POOR WEATHER. They will resume tomorrow.

http://www.tnp.sg/news/breaking-air-asia-flight-surabaya-singapore-missing

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1.10PM: The names of the crew on board missing flight AirAsia QZ8501 has been obtained by Metro TV:

Captain: Iriyanto
First Officer: Remi Emmanuel Plesel
Flight Attendants:
Wanti Setiawati
Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi
Oscar Desano
Wismoyo Ari Prambudi
Engineer: Saiful Rakhmad

The 155 passengers included 138 adults, 16 children and 1 baby.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html

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IS IT FLIGHT QZ8501?

http://www.nst.com.my/node/66736

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Senarai penumpang AirAsia QZ 8501

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PETALING JAYA: The last reported position of the missing AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501 was at Latitude – 4.1235 and Longitude 110.3821 at 32,050 feet (9.679 metres) above sea level, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.com

Additionally, the site said on its Twitter account, @flightradar24 that “Flightradar24 did not pick up any emergency signals from #QZ8501.”

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/28/AirAsia-flight-position-flight-radar/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Video: AirAsia Indonesia Statement: We regret to confirm flight QZ8501 Airbus A320-200 has lost contact

http://youtu.be/KZuxCAqpsWc

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YOU CAN WATCH THE LIVE CONFERENCE FROM INDONESIA:

http://www.astroawani.com/

http://bit.ly/1fajlDy

501 Astro

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Wild weather around area where flight #QZ8501 went missing http://dailym.ai/1x9Qn3d#i-52bf02a13b90957d … … #TCOT #CCOT #Indonesia

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[BREAKING] Watch the live press conference from Indonesia regarding AirAsia flight #QZ8501 at 501 Astro and online: http://bit.ly/1fajlDy

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#AirAsia flight #QZ8501: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has released a statement http://tdy.sg/1A1sUB9 

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Video: AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing

http://youtu.be/LFPmIldq8gA

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Missing #AirAsia flight #QZ8501 has 6 crew & 155 passengers, incl. 16 kids & 1 baby (initial report was 162 total) http://on.wkyc.com/1475tf9

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