JAKARTA,Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia search and rescue teams have located a fifth large object on the seabed, agency chief Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo said on Sunday.
The Indonesia AirAsia flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea last Sunday while en route from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board.
No survivors have been found. Search teams had earlier found four large objects believed to be part of the missing aircraft.
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JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Weather is a factor triggering the crash of AirAsia QZ8501 flight with 162 people on board into Java sea a week ago, said Indonesia's meteorological department.
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Much larger parts of crashed AirAsia flight found
JAKARTA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have found another two objects in much larger size and they are believed to be parts of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, an Indonesia official said here Saturday.
Search and rescue agency chief Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo said that the two subjects, with one in 18 meters long, 5.4 meters wide and 2.2 meters high and the other in 12.4 meters long, 0.6 meter wide and 0.5 meter high, were discovered respectively at 13: 30 p.m. Jakarta time and 14:24 p.m. Jakarta time on Saturday.Full Story
