SURABAYA, Dec 30 – Indonesian president Joko Widodo has ordered for the focus to be on the retrieval of bodies from the target area. Speaking at the crisis centre here, Joko said looking at the murky location and waves up to three metres, he appreciated the help of the national search
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – An AirAsia Zest aircraft was reported to have overshot the runway while landing at Kalibo Airport, Philippines today, just after news broke that Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501, which went missing last Sunday, was found to have crashed off the coast of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Jet Damazo-Santos, a
SURABAYA, Dec 30 – Indonesia AirAsia regrets to inform that The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia (BASARNAS) today confirmed that the debris found earlier today is indeed from QZ8501, the flight that had lost contact with air traffic control on the morning of 28th. The debris of
SURABAYA, Dec 30 – Relatives of passengers on AirAsia flight QZ8501 began crying hysterically and fainting Tuesday as Indonesian television footage showed a body floating in the sea during aerial searches for the plane. At least two distraught family members were carried out on stretchers from the room where they had been
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – An Indonesian warship recovered more than 40 bodies from the sea on Tuesday in the search for the AirAsia jet, a navy spokesman told AFP. “Based on the navy radio, it has been reported that the warship Bung Tomo has retrieved 40 bodies and the number is growing.
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – An air force plane spotted a “shadow” on the seabed believed to be the missing Indonesia AirAsia jet, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said. “At 12:50 the air force Hercules found an object described as a shadow at the bottom of the sea in the
BANGKOK, Dec 30 – An AirAsia flight bound for northeast Thailand turned back to the capital Bangkok shortly after takeoff on Tuesday (Dec 30) when pilots detected an “irregularity” in the storage compartment, airline officials said. The news comes as search teams detected debris in the sea from an AirAsia
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – Indonesian Metro TV reported that they have found six bodies. Several bodies found floating in waters where the Indonesian AirAsia flight went missing have been retrieved. Officials who got off a helicopter in Pangkalan Bun, Surabaya confirmed this. EARLIER REPORT: Debris spotted during an aerial search for Indonesia
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – Tony Fernandes says My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry I am. In another latest Tweet. Tony Fernandes says I am rushing to Surabaya. Whatever we
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – A body was found in the sea on Tuesday during the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said at a press conference. Relatives of the 162 people missing on the plane hugged each other and burst into tears in Surabaya,
JAKARTA, Dec 30 –Debris spotted Tuesday during an aerial search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 is from the missing plane, Indonesia’s director general of civil aviation told AFP. “For the time being it can be confirmed that it’s the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun,” Djoko
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – Red and white debris sighted off Indonesia’s Kalimantan coast is likely to be part the Indonesia AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, a transport ministry official said today. An Airbus A320-200 carrying 162 people and operated by Indonesia AirAsia disappeared
PANGKALAN BUN, Dec 30 – Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search Tuesday for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesian officials said. An AFP photographer on the search flight that spotted the possible debris said he had seen objects in the
KUALA KRAI, Dec 30 – There is nothing in standard insurance agreements which will invalidate compensation in the event a state of emergency is declared in a natural disaster area, the DAP said today. Its national publicity chief Tony Pua said this while dismissing the reasons given by Prime Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – “My heart bleeds for all the relatives of my crew and our passengers.” This is the heart wrenching message posted by AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes on his Twitter page today, when referring to the family of those on-board flight QZ8501. He also
SYDNEY, Dec 30 – An Australian aviation expert said Tuesday human error led to the disappearance of AirAsia flight QZ8501 after the pilots flew directly into a well-known danger zone above the Java Sea. Neil Hansford said that either the Indonesian captain or French first officer had plotted a “dangerous flight plan”,
GLASGOW, Dec 30 – A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland’s largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that the patient was a female health worker who
DUNGUN, Dec 30 – The government has no control over the sharp rise in the price of goods in Kelantan but is trying to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) must ensure that supply
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – The ringgit extended yesterday losses to open lower against the US dollar this morning on continued selling, a dealer said. As at 9.25am, the ringgit was quoted at 3.5000/5030 against the greenback from 3.4960/4980 yesterday. The ringgit traded mixed against other major currencies. It depreciated against the yen
NEW YORK, Dec 30 – Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society’s every move. “It should be impossible for an airliner to go missing” in an age when people can
