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Indonesia Plane Crashes

Indonesia Plane Crashes

A general Thread about Plane Crashes in Indonesia. What are the statistics for the number of Plane Crashes in Indonesia?

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The search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 has been halted for the night, but big ships won't return to shore and will leave their searchlights on, according to the Indonesian Transportation Ministry.

The jet carrying 162 people lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control early Sunday over the Java Sea, gripping Southeast Asia with a second missing plane crisis in less than a year.

Before communication was lost, the captain asked permission to climb to a higher altitude because of bad weather, officials said. Ref. CNN

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Air Asia 'search and rescue' mission

IT was the sixty-thousand-foot level-five storm that could have marked the end for missing Air Asia flight QZ8501. Ref. Source 2

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Missing AirAsia jet likely at 'bottom of the sea,' top search official says

"Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea," National Search and Rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told a news conference Monday in Indonesia. AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in stormy conditions on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore with 162 people on board. Ref. USAToday

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Indonesian officials have told local TV that bodies have been spotted near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared, the Associated Press and BBC report. An Indonesian military aircraft searching for the missing aircraft saw white, red and black objects about 105 miles south of Pangkalan Bun on Tuesday. First-Lieutenant Tri Wibowo told Kompas.com that luggage and a life vest had also been sighted, the BBC reported. Ref. USAToday

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Bodies pulled from wreckage of flight QZ8501

THE QZ8501 search chief has confirmed that just three bodies have been recovered so far in the search for the AirAsia flight which crashed in the Java Sea. Ref. Source 4

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Indonesian searchers using sonar equipment have located wreckage from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 at the bottom of the Java Sea, a search and rescue official told CNN on Wednesday. At the moment, they still don't know if it's in one piece or broken up, said the official.

The first two bodies from AirAsia Flight 8501 have arrived at a military airbase in Surabaya, Indonesia, the BBC, CNN and local media report. Pictures of the arrival were shown on Indonesian TV. Seven bodies have been recovered so far, Indonesian officials said. Some 162 passengers and crew were aboard the Airbus A320, which vanished on Sunday. Wreckage from the plane was found Tuesday. The hunt for the remaining passengers and crew was severely limited Wednesday due to heavy rain, wind and thick clouds. Ref. USAToday

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Ice was 'trigger' in AirAsia crash

ENGINE damage caused by ice is suspected in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, as searchers identify a fifth object on the ocean floor. Ref. Source 8