Missing AirAsia flight: Debris from plane, sighting of bodies reported


Photo taken from an Indonesian search and rescue aircraft over the Java Sea shows possible plane debris from missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 on December 30, 2014. - AFP

JAKARTA: Debris spotted during an aerial search for Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is likely from the missing plane, said Indonesia’s director-general of civil aviation, as rescue teams also reported sightings that resembled bodies.  

Djoko Murjatmodjo was quoted as saying that “for the time being, it can be confirmed that it’s the AirAsia plane".  

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