RSSConfirmed, Debris & Bodies Found in Java Sea is That of Missing AirAsia Flight 8501
CONFIRMED …
The debris found floating in the Java Sea has been confirmed that of missing AirAsia Flight 8501 that lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday. At least 40 bodies and numerous pieces of debris were located in the Java Sea about 6 miles from the plane’s last known point of contact. The AirAsia plane went missing on Sunday in bad weather after the pilot had requested to deviate from flight plan. The plane carried 162 passengers, 18 of which were children. Sadly, all on board are most likely deceased.
At least 40 bodies have been found in the area where AirAsia Flight 8501 last made contact with air traffic controllers, along with debris from the plane.
The bodies were found in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane’s last known point of contact. The plane disappeared Sunday with 162 people on board traveling from Surbaya, Indonesia to Singapore.
The bodies were were not wearing life jackets, according to Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Director, SB Supriyadi.
Rescue workers were shown on local TV being lowered on ropes from a hovering helicopter to retrieve bodies. Efforts were hindered by 6-foot waves and strong winds, Supriyadi said, adding that several bodies were later picked up by a navy ship.
VIDEO – WSJ: With near certainty, airplane debris found off Indonesia’s Borneo island is from AirAsia Flight 8501,
say Indonesian officials. The WSJ’s Ramy Inocencio speaks with Southeast Asia bureau chief Patrick McDowell.
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 LIVE: Indonesia Navy says over 40 bodies recovered, plane not yet found – Raw VIDEO: Debris Off Indonesia.
Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter in Pangkalan Bun spotted several bodies floating in waters near where the missing AirAsia flight was last seen. Several pieces of debris have also been spotted floating in the sea off Borneo island, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday.
# The bodies were found about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from land and 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the plane’s last communication with air-traffic control.
# Ten pieces of debris were found during the search for the ill-fated AirAsia Indonesia aircraft southwest of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan.
Posted December 30, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Aviation-Airplane, Deceased, Missing Persons, Plane Crash, Search and Recovery, Search and Rescue | 2 comments |
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Unlike the disappearance of MH370 … it appears that family members of AirAsia Flight 8501 passengers will be afforded a measure of closure. Answers will be forthcoming.
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As families mourn, attention turns to cause of AirAsia disaster
Published December 30, 2014
While family members mourned the loss Wednesday of AirAsia Flight 8501, the investigation into the doomed flight that likely led to the loss of all 162 aboard deepened.
Debris from the flight, which was reported missing on Sunday during a trip from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore, turned up in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane’s last known point of contact. At least 40 bodies, and what appeared to be a life jacket and an emergency exit door, were spotted on Tuesday, confirming the flight’s fate.
Investigators were turning their attention Wednesday to the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, which will provide clues to what happened during the six minutes between the time the pilot of the Airbus A320-216 made contact with air traffic control and when the jet dropped off of the radar.
The black boxes can reveal how fast the plane was going before crashing, its altitude, the status of its systems and what the pilots’ final words were. Investigators will use this information to reconstruct a timeline of what happened and why. …
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/30/investigators-work-to-figure-out-what-caused-airasia-crash/
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Bad weather wreaks havoc on search for victims of AirAsia flight disaster
Published December 31, 2014
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