Area for search of missing AirAsia flight fixed

A map with the mark “TKP” (C), believed to indicate the possible location of the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, is seen onboard SAR ship Purworejo at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district on Thursday.

The “most probable area” for search of the missing AirAsia flight has been demarcated, Royal Malaysian Navy Chief Abdul Aziz Jaafar said Friday.

He said the search area was established with a dimension of 1,575 sq nautical miles, Xinhua cited from a tweet by the Navy chief.

“This is most likely the area of the missing plane,” he added, posting an image mapping out the search area.

He said three ships were tasked to search there and the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency had assigned diving teams to carry out diving and underwater search.