Mystery of QZ8501 AirAsia

PANGKALAN BUN  INDONESIA.

The hunt for a missing AirAsia passengers
plane appeared at an end Tuesday as wreckage
and bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia
prompting raw scenes of emotion from
sobbing relatives of 162 people aboard.

All indications now are that it crashed  in the
Java sea southeast of the island of Borneo
with debris including an exit door a blue suit-
case and bodies retrieved from the sea.

The relatives of the missing hugged each
other and burst into tears in Surabaya as
they watched footage of one body floating
 in the sea  on a television feed of
Soelistyo's press conference.

Air  Asia'sflameboyant Chief Executive
Tony Fernandes expressed his grief over
the first fatal incident to hit the  region's
biggest bugget airline.

Search chief "Soelistyo said all efforts
were now being concentrated on the
location where the shadow and debris had
been found ,around 160km (100 miles) south-
east of the town of Pangkalan Bun  in Central
Kalimantan on Borneo island.

The town as the nearest airstrip and is not
far from the plane 's last known position.
Indonesia official had already been preparing
relatives for the worst,with Soelistyo saying
Monday it was likely the plane was at the
bottom of the sea based on its estimated position.

In his last communication the pilot said he wanted
to avoid a menacing storm system.Then all
contact was lost.
In his final communication  the pilot asked to alter
his course and repeated his original request to ascend
to avoid the bad weather,but could not be
immediately approved as some planes were
flying above it at that time,he said.
That was the last communication.

The missing plane was   operated by Air Asia
Indonesia ,a unit of Malaysian based AirAsia
which dominates Southeast Asia's booming
low-cost airline market.
Of the 162 passengers and crew,and 155
were Indonesian.
AFP.