Missing AirAsia flight: Red and white debris 'probably from body' of jet


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 30 Dec 2014

This aerial view taken from an Indonesian search and rescue aircraft over the Java Sea shows floating debris spotted in the same area as other items being investigated by Indonesian authorities as possible objects from missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on Dec 30, 2014. - AFP

JAKARTA: A search team for missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 saw “red and white-coloured debris” off Kalimantan coast on Tuesday.

Red and white debris sighted off Indonesia's Kalimantan coast is likely to be part the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, a Transportation Ministry official said on Tuesday.

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