China ready to join search for missing AsiaAir flight - Xinhua

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to send aircraft and vessels to join the search and rescue work for missing AsiaAir flight QZ8501, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

China has told Indonesia that it is willing to provide other assistance as needed, said spokeswoman Hua Chunying in a statement.

According to an earlier Xinhua report, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency said on Monday that the plane with 162 people on board may have fallen to the bottom of the sea, 24 hours after it lost contact with air traffic control en route from Indonesia to Singapore.

If the projection is true, Indonesia must cooperate with other countries to bring the wreckage to the surface, said Indonesian search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo.

JAKARTA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan said on Monday that the ministry would review the AirAsia operation and business in Indonesia.Full Story

Indonesia's missing plane may be at bottom of sea

JAKARTA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Head of Indonesian Search and Rescue Office F. Henry Bambang Sulistyo said on Monday that the missing AirAsia plane that lost contact on Sunday may be at the bottom of the sea.Full Story

AirAsia plane with 162 people on board loses contact in Indonesia

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The air searching for a missing AirAsia plane suspended on Monday evening due to darkness in the waters near the Bangka Belitung islands and will resume early Monday morning, the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency said.Full Story