(Bloomberg) — Search crews scouring the Java Sea for a missing AirAsia Bhd. passenger jet failed to find any trace for a second day as authorities suspect the plane carrying 162 people crashed into the waters off Indonesia.
Twelve vessels were joined by dozens of inflatable boats and six warships as well as military aircraft from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia to scour an area stretching to more than 11,000 square nautical miles. Aerial searches are usually suspended at night while ships will continue their hunt.
The Indonesia team suspects the plane is under water, search and rescue agency chief F.H. Bambang Sulistyo said in Jakarta today, with no signal detected from the emergency local transmitter. Contact with Flight QZ8501 was lost yesterday while the plane was on a routine commercial flight to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia, a journey that normally takes two hours.
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