Head of the Indonesian Bambang Soelistyo rescue agency told local television station that the search area between Sumatra and Borneo is increased. Also reported that assessments of the oil slick, which was observed on Monday. Reuters writes, what appeared to be one of the spots, however, turned out to be a coral reef.
The authorities will also search the island in the region and the Indonesian side of Borneo. So far, the search for the wreckage focused on Java Sea.
Airbus A320 belonging to the low-cost carrier AirAsia disappeared from radar at. 6.17 (0.17 Polish time) on Sunday, flying in dense clouds storm from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. When communication is lost aircraft was probably the Java Sea, between the islands of Borneo and Java. Soelistyo expressed in the said presumption that the wreck probably fell into the sea.
Still a mystery is what happened to the Airbus A320-200. A few minutes before registering the last bearing the radar remote Indonesian air traffic controllers asked for permission to erect a higher order to avoid the clouds.
The pilots online discussions focused on anecdotal evidence from another radar, suggesting that the machine too slowly rose as severe weather conditions that prevailed at the time.
At least 30 ships and 21 aircraft from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea on Tuesday searches an area of 10 thousand. square miles, which may be the wreck of the aircraft. The sea is only there from 50 to 100 meters deep, which can make it easier to find the plane they were traveling mostly Indonesians.
The US military reported that missile destroyer USS Sampson gets there on Tuesday. “We are ready to provide any assistance Indonesia,” – said Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright. Help offered also France, Great Britain, India, and Japan.
The Chinese Ministry of Defence announced that it had sent a warship to the South China Sea, and the planes are preparing for exploration operations. (PAP)
Increased aircraft search area AirAsia – Gazeta.pl
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