New Delhi: Officials of Indonesian rescue agency on Monday said that AirAsia flight which was carrying 162 people and went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm is believed to have crashed into the sea.
Head of Indonesian search and rescue agency Soelistyo said, “Based on our coordinate estimation, initial estimation is in the water.”
He also said, “It can be expanded based on evaluation.”
The search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore resumed with first light on Monday.
First Admiral Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center commander at the Surabaya air force base, said that 12 navy ships, five planes, three helicopters and a number of warships were taking part, along with ships and planes from Singapore and Malaysia.
AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished on its way from Surabaya to Singapore. Searchers had to fight against heavy rain on Sunday before work was suspended due to darkness.
Bureau Report
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