Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team prepare to set off to search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Manggar in East Belitung on December 30, 2014. – AFP Photo
JAKARTA: A US warship Tuesday (Dec 30) joined an expanded search for an AirAsia passenger plane missing off Indonesia as the pilot’s last words to air traffic control were revealed.
The recording shows the pilot wanted to avoid a menacing storm system before all communication was lost, an Indonesian air safety official said. More than 48 hours after the Airbus A320-200 carrying 162 people lost contact en route from Indonesia’s second …read more
Source: The Borneo Post