Monday, December 29, 2014

Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship

Family members of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 react at a waiting area in Surabaya's Juanda International Airport By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet. Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, told local television the search area between the islands of Sumatra and Borneo would be expanded. Authorities would also begin scouring nearby islands as well as coastal land on Indonesia's side of Borneo. So far the focus of the search has been the Java Sea. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-expands-search-missing-airasia-jet-u-sends-004728300.html

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