Tuesday 30 December 2014

Pictures of AirAsia flight QZ8501 'debris' photographed in sea offIndonesia

    

These photographs show debris from what could be the wreckage of Flight QZ8501.
The pictures were taken by a photographer from French news agency Agence France-Press from a search aircraft 105 miles off the coast of Pangkalanbun, Indonesia.
According to AFP, the items resemble a plane door and an emergency slide.
The debris was spotted by a search aircraft flying at an altitude of 500 feet off Pangkalanbun.
A helicopter is now being sent in to take a closer look, according to reports.

Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief, Bambang Soelistyo, said: "Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea.
"That's the preliminary suspicion and it can develop based on the evaluation of the result of our search."
The vice-president of Indonesia also said there was a "huge possibility" that missing Flight QZ8501 had been in an accident .
Justuf Kalla added: "The government is concerned and expresses its deepest condolences to the families of victims."

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