Jakarta Globe – AFP, Dec 29, 2014
Jakarta. The Indonesia AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.
Indonesian Vice President, left, with National Search and Rescue Agency official, Barokna. (Antara Photo/Wahyu Putro) |
Jakarta. The Indonesia AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.
“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,” Bambang
Soelistyo told a press conference.
“That’s the
preliminary suspicion and it can develop based on the evaluation of the result
of our search.”
Bambang
said Indonesia did not have “the tools”, such as submersible vehicles, required
to retrieve the plane from the seabed, but that it is reaching out to other
countries for help if necessary.
“Due to the
lack of technology that we have, I have coordinated with our foreign minister
so we will borrow from other countries which have offered. They are the UK,
France and US,” he said.
Flight
QZ85501, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared Sunday en route from Surabaya in
Indonesia’s east Java to Singapore after the crew requested a change of flight
plan due to stormy weather, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this
year.
Singapore,
Malaysia and Australia have dispatched aircraft and ships to assist Indonesia
in the search, which is centred on the Java Sea. The US has also said it was
ready to assist.
Agence France-Presse
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