AirAsia Flight 8501 News Updates -- December 29, 2014

Hope Dims for Finding Survivors From Missing AirAsia Jet -- New York Times

• A senior Indonesian aviation official says the aircraft is probably “at the bottom of the sea.”
• Thirty ships and 15 aircraft from four countries are assisting in the search.
• Floating debris spotted by searchers on Monday turned out to be unrelated.
• Indonesia says it is not adequately equipped to search underwater.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – After a second day of searching without any confirmed sighting of wreckage, the Indonesian authorities on Monday sought to lower expectations about finding survivors from a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people.

“We realize that we have to be prepared for the worst,” Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia’s vice president, told reporters in Surabaya, the city from which the Singapore-bound plane took off on Sunday.

Mr. Kalla said that roughly 30 ships and 15 aircraft from at least three countries had joined the search for the jet in the Java Sea, amid the islands of Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

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AirAsia Flight 8501 News Updates -- December 29, 2014

Missing AirAsia flight: brother of UK passenger 'prepared for worst' – live updates -- The Guardian
Air Asia Search: Live -- BBC
LIVE: Search for Missing AirAsia Jet Resumes -- Sputnik
Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 LIVE UPDATES -- RT
AirAsia search ends for second day as ship travels to take oil sample: The latest -- The Telegraph
AirAsia live: Indonesian authorities to broaden search area on Tuesday -- First Post

Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at 'bottom of sea' -- Reuters
Search expands for AirAsia Flight QZ8501; jet likely at 'bottom of the sea' -- CNN
AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia plane 'at bottom of sea' -- BBC
AirAsia flight QZ8501 likely 'at the bottom of the sea', says rescue chief -- The Guardian
Missing AirAsia jet likely 'at bottom of sea' -- Al Jazeera
AirAsia 'bottom of the sea' comment assumes flight crashed -- AJC
Objects spotted in search for missing AirAsia flight as hope fades for passengers -- FOX News
Still no success in search operation for lost AirAsia plane -- ITAR-TASS
Indonesian warship is sent to test oil spills in sea 'where missing AirAsia jet came down' - as it's revealed pilot was denied request to climb in stormy weather -- Daily Mail
The man who bought AirAsia for 50 CENTS when it had just two aircraft and turned it into a hugely successful budget airline... now it's his 'worst nightmare' -- Daily Mail
Search for AirAsia Jet Widens, but Did Delay Ruin Best Chance of Rescue? -- Bloomberg Businessweek
After Another Flight Goes Missing, Malaysians Face Familiar Lack of Answers -- NYT
Two Flights Go Missing, but Their Stories Are Not the Same -- NYT
AirAsia Flight 8501: What we know -- USA Today
What role did weather play in disappearance of AirAsia Flight QZ8501? -- Ralph Ellis, Joshua Berlinger and Hilary Whiteman, CNN
The challenging weather conditions when AirAsia flight 8501 disappeared -- Washington Post
What happened to AirAsia Flight QZ 8501: Your questions answered -- Jethro Mullen, CNN
Q&A on What Might Have Happened to AirAsia Flight -- AP