AirAsia QZ8501: Plane tail discovery confirmed


An undated handout picture released by the Indonesian Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on 07 January 2014 shows a part of the crashed AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 laying on the sea floor, off Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia. - EPA

JAKARTA: Recovery teams have found the tail of the crashed Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 in the Java Sea, the Indonesian search chief said Wednesday, the eleventh day of relief operations.

“We have successfully obtained part of the plane that has been our target.

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