Australian plane spots objects in sea in AirAsia search area

[Contrary1]

Source: Associated Press

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian official says objects have been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for the missing AirAsia jet.

Jakarta's Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto says he was informed Monday that an Australian Orion aircraft had detected suspicious objects near Nangka island, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Pangkalan Bun, near central Kalimantan, or 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) from the location where the plane lost contact.

"However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane," Putranto says, "We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions."


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8ff264695a9e4410a575ddf0ffd7826b/australian-plane-spots-objects-sea-airasia-search-area

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. CNN got scooped on a missing plane?

[Cha]

2. THank you, Contrary

[Helen Borg]

3. Oh there we go...

Next, Chinese satellite will kick in... And so on.

[davidpdx]

4. It is going to be a miracle if anyone got out alive

I'm flying that airline in two weeks. Until this incident they had a very good safety record.

[rickford66]

8. Airlines in general get safer after an accident.

It's the best time to fly. They are super cautious. The slightest problem, where they would normally still fly, will cause a delay or cancellation.

[oberliner]

5. Very sad

Probably won't be any good news here.

[seabeckind]

6. The last time wasn't there mention of a transponder

that did a satellite comm and would cost a hundred bucks or so?

And that airplanes should have it, especially ones that went where there was little ground radar coverage?

Whetever happened to that?

The airline decide that a human's life isn't worth the cost?

[mackerel]

7. They working on it