AirAsia LIVE: Jet hunt enters Day 3, Indonesia says smoke spotted

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New Delhi, Dec 30, 2014: Meanwhile, the US military is sending a guided missile destroyer USS Sampson to assist Indonesia in the search operations.

 

The smoke has been reported to be spotted on Long Island, one of thousands of islands that form the Indonesian archipelago.

In the latest report that could kindle fresh hope in the search for the missing AirAsia plane, Indonesian authorities say smoke spotted on an island in the search area, the CNN reports.

In what he called as one of his toughest days, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes yesterday visited Surabaya airport and visited the devastated families of the passengers aboard the missing plane.
Indonesia along with the help from the US, France and Australia is overseeing the search operations over the Java sea.

Around 30 ships and 21 aircraft from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea would search up to 10,000 square nautical miles on Tuesday, Reuters cited officials as saying.
The search for the missing plane AirAsia flight QZ8501 has entered Day 3, and the search zone has been widened far beyond the plane’s original flight path.

AirAsia flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people that went off the radar on Sunday morning, could have crashed and be likely at the bottom of the Java Sea, an Indonesian official said on Monday.

Despite two days of search and spotting, nothing solid was found that could be called as a clue to the missing plane.

An Australian plane did spot some objects in the search area but later the Vice President Joseph Kalla ruled out any possibility of the objects being linked to the missing plane.

Also an Indonesian plane had spotted oil spots, but President Joko Widowo doused hopes by saying, "We have to tell it like it is... So far our efforts haven’t found clarity about the plane’s position."

 

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