Missing AirAsia flight: Search operation to expand to land Tuesday


Military and rescue authorities monitor progress of the search. - Reuters

JAKARTA: The search and locate operation for the missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 will expand to land on Tuesday, the chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas told reporters late on Monday.

"Search operations tomorrow will expand to land, to, among others, the western part of west Kalimantan province," said F. H. Bambang Soelistyo at a media briefing in Jakarta.

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