The USS Sampson was expected to arrive Tuesday in the search zone for Flight QZ8501, which lost contact on Sunday with 162 people on board.
"The US Navy is working closely with the government of Indonesia to identify additional surface or airborne capabilities that best assist their search efforts," the Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement.
The State Department earlier said that the help was at the request of the Indonesian government.
"Our embassy in Jakarta is in close contact with Indonesian officials, and today, we received a request for assistance locating the airplane," said Jeffrey Rathke, a State Department spokesman.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said the assistance "could include air, surface and sub-surface detection capabilities."
Indonesia, Malaysia and several other countries are searching for the missing plane, which went missing en route from Surabaya in Indonesia's east Java to Singapore after the pilots requested a change of flight plan in a stormy weather.
Source: Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
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Bodies and debris seen by teams searching for missing AirAsia plane ...
ReplyDeleteA life vest, luggage and aircraft parts were among the debris identified in the waters.
Officials said they were 95% certain that the area where the plane went down had been located.
Debris spotted during an aerial search for flight QZ8501 is from the missing plane, Indonesia's director general of civil aviation said.
"For the time being it can be confirmed that it's the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun," Djoko Murjatmodjo said.
"Based on the observation by search and rescue personnel, significant things have been found such as a passenger door and cargo door.
"It's in the sea, 100 miles (160km) southwest of Pangkalan Bun," he said, referring to the town in Central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo....................http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1230/669523-airasia-plane-indonesia/
Indonesia’s civil aviation chief Djoko Murjatmodjo said Tuesday that debris spotted off the country’s Kalimantan coast belongs to AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which disappeared over the weekend with 162 people on board....
ReplyDeleteThe red and white coloured debris was spotted earlier in the day as authorities expanded their search for the missing plane.
"For the time being it can be confirmed that it's the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun," Djoko Murjatmodjo told AFP.
"Based on the observation by search and rescue personnel, significant things have been found such as a passenger door and cargo door. It's in the sea, 100 miles (160 kilometres) southwest of Pangkalan Bun," he added, referring to the town in the province of Central Kalimantan, on Borneo...................http://www.france24.com/en/20141230-indonesia-debris-spotted-missing-airasia-plane/
Indonesian Rescue Workers Recover More Than 40 AirAsia Victims ...
ReplyDeletendonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) workers have recovered more than 40 bodies floating in the Java Sea, three of them have been lifted by the team, according to Al Arabiya.
MOSCOW, December 30 (Sputnik) — Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) workers have discovered more than 40 bodies floating in the Java Sea most likely from AirAsia flight QZ8501, an Indonesian Air Force commander said Tuesday.
"Three bodies have been lifted by a team on the Bung Tomo ship," VIVAnews military portal quoted Air Force Commander Jhonson Simatupang as saying at the military base near the city of Pangkalan Bun...................http://sputniknews.com/asia/20141230/1016390206.html
Rusia envía rescatistas a Indonesia para asistir en la búsqueda del avión siniestrado ...
ReplyDeleteEl Ministerio ruso de Emergencias ha enviado a Indonesia dos aviones con más de 70 rescatistas para asistir en la búsqueda del avión siniestrado de AirAsia, informó el portavoz del ministerio, Aleksandr Drobishevski.
.....Añadió que Rusia envió también el equipamiento especial que hace posible realizar la búsqueda en la profundidad de hasta un kilómetro.............http://mundo.sputniknews.com/asia/20150101/1033007512.html
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Search teams looking for the sunken wreck of an AirAsia jet off Borneo struggled to resume full-scale operations on Thursday after a small window of fine weather closed, giving way to rising seas which have dogged the search from the start...
ReplyDeleteAs dawn broke, revealing blue skies, hopes had risen for divers to be able to investigate what is believed to be the fuselage of the Airbus A320-200, which was carrying 162 people when it crashed on Sunday during stormy weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.
"Clouds have started to descend again...and the weather conditions will deteriorate again," search and rescue official Tatang Zaenudin told TV, adding that the conditions would limit air searches. "For the sea search, we will continue."
A team of 47 Indonesian Navy divers is on standby to go down to a large, dark object detected by sonar on the ocean floor, lying just 30-50 meters (100-165 feet) deep. If it is the AirAsia plane, divers would look to retrieve its black boxes.
None of the tell-tale black box "pings" had been detected, an official said.
Investigators are working on a theory that the plane went into an aerodynamic stall as it climbed steeply to avoid a storm about 40 minutes into the flight.
So far, at least seven bodies have been recovered from waters near the suspected crash site, along with debris such a suitcase, an emergency slide and a life jacket.
http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2015_01_01/Poor-weather-frustrates-efforts-to-reach-AirAsia-wreck-5101/
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