Indonesia resumed the search for the missing AirAsia’s QZ8501 at 6am today, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) deputy operations chief Tatang Zainuddin told AFP.
“We have resumed the search for the missing AirAsia plane at 6:00 am. We are heading to east Belitung island," Tatang told AFP.
"We are sending out four aircraft today to help locate the AirAsia plane. We hope we can find it soon. There will also be help from various search and rescue offices in the cities around the area," he said.
"We are expecting vessels and planes from Malaysia and Singapore. We are processing the papers and hopefully they can join us in an hour at the earliest. We hope we can find the plane as soon as possible."
The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Surabaya in Indonesia's east Java to Singapore, with 162 people on board, after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather.
A total of 155 of those on board Flight QZ8501 were Indonesians, with three South Koreans and one person each from Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. The Frenchman was the co-pilot.
Yesterday, AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said it is still too early to speculate on the missing Flight QZ8501.
"We do not know if it's a crash. Let's just wait and see. We do not want to speculate. We have no idea at the moment what went wrong.
"Let's wait for the search and rescue (SAR) team to find the aircraft and then we will cooperate on a full investigation," he told the press in Surabaya late Sunday.
“We have resumed the search for the missing AirAsia plane at 6:00 am. We are heading to east Belitung island," Tatang told AFP.
"We are sending out four aircraft today to help locate the AirAsia plane. We hope we can find it soon. There will also be help from various search and rescue offices in the cities around the area," he said.
"We are expecting vessels and planes from Malaysia and Singapore. We are processing the papers and hopefully they can join us in an hour at the earliest. We hope we can find the plane as soon as possible."
The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Surabaya in Indonesia's east Java to Singapore, with 162 people on board, after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather.
A total of 155 of those on board Flight QZ8501 were Indonesians, with three South Koreans and one person each from Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. The Frenchman was the co-pilot.
Yesterday, AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said it is still too early to speculate on the missing Flight QZ8501.
"We do not know if it's a crash. Let's just wait and see. We do not want to speculate. We have no idea at the moment what went wrong.
"Let's wait for the search and rescue (SAR) team to find the aircraft and then we will cooperate on a full investigation," he told the press in Surabaya late Sunday.
