AirAsia QZ8501: debris and bodies of passengers of Air Asia found

AirAsia QZ8501: debris and bodies of passengers of Air Asia found

Tuesday afternoon Basarnas team finally found the flakes and a few bodies floating on the sea strait Karimata,  sar Team already evacuated three of the six bodies found

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AirAsia plane QZ8501 search team said they saw debris in the sea in the search area of the Airbus A320-200's.

Some fragments appear to float in the Java Sea off the coast of Borneo.

The plane carrying 162 passengers and crew on board, took off from Surabaya on Sunday (28/12) to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control tower at 6:20 pm.

Flight QZ8501: What needs to be known about the AirAsia

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AirAsia is now becoming one of the most successful airlines in Asia

In 2001, Tony Fernandes, establish low-cost airline in Asia, to compete with Malaysia Airlines and Qantas Australia.

With the slogan "Now Everyone Can Fly", currently AirAsia flights reach around 100 destinations across more than 15 countries, although many a number of airlines served by various airlines and subsidiaries that use the company's brand name.

One airline that is, Indonesia AirAsia, which operates flights from Surabaya to Singapore QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning.

Airbus A320 aircraft to serve more than 30 routes, with a number of destinations in the country of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia.

AirAsia has a 49% stake in Indonesia AirAsia, but has a separate chief executive, namely Sunu Widyatmoko. The rest of the company's shares owned by the shareholders of Indonesia.

The Indonesian government has banned a number of foreign companies dominate ownership every civil aviation company.

Analysis: Sharanjit Leyl, BBC News, Singapore

AirAsia name closely associated with the name of Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes, he became chief executive and run operations in 2001.

Fernandes, who always appeared with a pair of jeans and a hat when in the interview AirAsia, regarded as his Richard Branson Malaysia

Fernandes wants to emulate the way Branson to take over the dominance of British Airways in the 1980s to compete with other major airlines such as Malaysia Airlines

He is listed as one of the richest men in Malaysia.

When the plane was lost, he immediately provide support to the families of the victims in a twitter message, and come to Surabaya with members of the Indonesian affiliate of AirAsia.

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AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes in a press conference in Jakarta

AirAsia's business model is similar to the so-called budget airlines or flights. These define the average rate is about 170 ringgit Malaysia.

In the three months to the end of September, AirAsia group profit of 26.5 million Malaysian ringgit and transport nearly 5.3 million passengers.

However, the number of passengers carried by Indonesia AirAsia fell by 10% in the same period, which resulted in a loss of 1.85 million after the airline that reduces some of his service.

The total number of passengers carried by the airline to reach 8 million people in 2013.

In recent years Indonesia AirAsia shares rose on the trading floor, but rising costs and the depreciation of the rupiah against the US dollar hamper plans.

Indonesia AirAsia only operate one type of aircraft-Airbus A320 single-aisle-which has a passenger seat as many as 150 and 180. The tip of its wings are designed to be more fuel efficient aircraft.

Airbus says A320 is used on flights QZ8501 have collected 23,000 13,600 flight hours in flight.

AirAsia plane there 'on the seabed'

AirAsia aircraft position estimate based on the last position coordinates and evaluation of aircraft, said Bambang Soelistyo Basarnas.

AirAsia flight QZ 8501 is likely to be on the seabed, said the head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, Bambang Soelistyo.

Bambang Soelistyo said that the hypothesis is based on the coordinate plane when it lost contact.

"Based on what we have coordination and evaluation, the estimated plane crashed in the ocean, the best hypothesis is located in the ocean," said Bambang Soelistyo in a press conference in Jakarta, Monday (29/12).

The aircraft continued the search for one day after the Airbus A320-200 that disappeared with 162 people on board, but until Monday afternoon no trace was found.

The plane disappeared from the radar when in flight from Surabaya to Singapore.

Relatives of passengers waiting to hear the sad and shocked at Juanda Airport in Surabaya, as reported by the BBC reporting team on site.

Aircraft search focused near Belitung Island, stopped on Sunday (28/12) night.

Although the number of vessels continue to search throughout the night, planes and ships coming from the major search several countries, new continuing efforts to sweep the sky and sea on Monday (29/12) morning.

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The families of the passengers were kept waiting at Juanda Airport, Surabaya.

Air Force Chief Information Office, Tjahjanto Hadi, said the search is focused on showing the location of the oil spill.

But it can not be confirmed whether the oil spill came from the missing plane.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press quoted an Indonesian official who said that there is an object seen in the sea near the island of Jackfruit by Australian search plane.

Again, it is not clear whether the object is derived from AirAsia flight QZ 8501 or not.

Soelistyo said Indonesia deployed 12 ships, three helicopters and five military aircraft.

Malaysia will deploy a C-130 aircraft and three ships, while Singapore lend a C-130 and Australia also provide assistance.

AirAsia shares fell 7% in morning trading today in Kuala Lumpur.

QZ8501 AirAsia expanded the search area

Entering the third day, the location of AirAsiayang search expanded to include areas outside QZ8501 flight route.

Still search area around the island of Belitung and West Kalimantan, with a split 13 sectors increased from the previous day, which only reached seven sectors.

Neighboring countries and the US, France and Australia joined in the search over the Java Sea.

The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 people, missing since Sunday (28/12) shortly after flying from Surabaya to Singapore.

Last contact with the pilot when he asked the attendant air traffic control tower or Air Traffic Control ATC to avoid clouds.

Indonesian officials said the air traffic control tower approve the request, ie by giving approval to the second request, so that air can raise the level within two to three.

There is no response from the aircraft, which was then known to disappear from the radar. No traces were found in the two-day search.

While in Surabaya, BBC News Clive Myrie reported a number of families and relatives of passengers are still waiting to hear the fate of their families certainty.

The plane carrying 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one baby, and the two pilots and five crew.

Most of the passengers were from Indonesia, but there is one British, one of Malaysia, Singapore and three of the people of South Korea. (BBC)