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Monday, January 05, 2015

AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ 8501 MISSING ON WAY TO SINGAPORE AIRBUS A320-200-DAY 9

MISSING FLIGHT QZ 8501 AIR BUS A320-200-pic-Indianexpress.com
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THE SEARCH AREA FOR THE MISSING PLANES PARTS-BODIES - channel NewsAsia

Three bodies have arrived at Pangkalan Bun.37 Total - pic cnasia

Indonesia police say four more bodies have been identified, all Indonesians. They are:Shiane Josal, 45 years old, female (10)-Tony Linaksita, 42 years old, male (11)-Lim Yan Koen, 61 years old, male (12)-Yongki Jou, 53 years old, male (13).This means that of the 37 bodies retrieved so far, a total of 13 have been identified-pic -cnasia

UPDATES-JAN 05,15-05:00PM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-ON THE 2 USA SHIPS SEARCHING FOR THE FLIGHT CITIZENS.THERES AROUND A TOTAL OF 500 SEARCHERS.SO WITH ALL THE COUNTRIES HELPING THERE MUST BE AROUND 3,000 SEARCHERS AT LEAST. 7AM: The three bodies that were retrieved today were found strapped in seats, according to BASA RNAS. Director of Operations Suyadi Bambang Supriyadi said in a press conference that the bodies would have sunk had they not been buckled to the seats.Airplane seats recovered from the search were found in pieces, possibly indicating that the AirAsia plane had crashed from a high altitude, he added.Harsh weather continued to hamper search operations today, with winds at 20 to 30 knots, rough water conditions and "zero visibility" he said. Divers had to call off an underwater search. 8.30AM: There was a brief blackout at Surabaya airport this evening, reports Channel NewsAsia's Sumisha Naidu. Family members and media are still streaming into the city for updates on the search effort. 9.35AM: Reports have emerged claiming that AirAsia pilots did not get the required weather reports, and that QZ8501 was the lowest-flying plane in the area on Dec 28. Aviation expert Michael Daniel gives his take on what this may mean for the investigation. 9.55AM: Singapore’s MV Swift Rescue launched a Remotely Operated Vehicle in a new search sector today, surveying an area where the fifth aircraft part from QZ8501 is believed to be located. Although conditions on the surface were better than previous days, strong currents beneath the surface meant visibility underwater was less than a metre. 10.35AM: Aviation officials involved in the activity of QZ8501 have been suspended, as the Indonesia government says the plane was flying on an unauthorised schedule. 10.57AM: The four bodies identified today have been handed over to their families, and 24 bodies still await identification, according to AirAsia's latest statement. Waves reached as high as 5m today, hampering search operations for the 50 vessels, helicopters and 80 divers involved. 11.30AM: As the hunt for QZ8501 enters the second week, here’s a recap of search operations so far. Only 37 bodies of the 162 people on board have been recovered to date.

UPDATES-JAN 05,15-06:00AM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-12.07AM: Two more bodies have been found and Malaysian ship KD Kasturi is in the process of recovering them, says Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar. 12.55AM: Indonesia's search and rescue agency BASARNAS sends personnel to retrieve two bodies found in the search operation. 1.01AM: Indonesia's Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan orders agencies to suspend officials who were on duty during flight QZ8501, reports AP-Dow Jones, citing an official. 1.36AM: One more body has been found, says Malaysia's Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar, adding that three bodies in total have been recovered on board the Malaysian ship KAS. 1.37AM: Indonesian armed forces chief Moeldoko has offered to bring family members of the victims to the crash site. Speaking at a news conference, he said the family members will be flown by military plane to Pangkalan Bun, before boarding a navy ship to the search area.Three bodies were recovered this morning, bringing the total number of bodies recovered at the ‪#‎QZ8501‬ search site to 37, BASARNAS chief confirmed. cna.asia/qz8501day9. 2.07AM: Three bodies have arrived at Pangkalan Bun. 2.34AM: The Indonesian transport ministry reaffirms that QZ8501 did not have approval to fly on the day of the incident, rejecting airport operator Angkasa Pura I's statement that it had permission to fly. 3.06AM: Merlion International School in Surabaya holds a special assembly session for two of its students who were on board QZ8501.We really feel like we lost a family member, and in this case we have (lost) two. 3.40AM: The Indonesian police will send a team to support the crash investigation, said police chief Sutarman in an AP-Dow Jones report. Speaking at a news conference, he added that the probe will track down QZ8501's history, and will look into possible violations of law. 4.04AM: QZ8501 will not delay AirAsia’s plans to re-enter the Japanese market, AP-Dow Jones quoted an airline spokesperson as saying. The Japan unit of the carrier had planned to resume its services under a new joint venture this year, after it ended a partnership with the parent company of All Nippon Airways Co in June 2013.4.25AM: A mangled passenger seat has been recovered during the search, and transported to Pangkalan Bun. Strong currents still hampering ‪#‎QZ8501‬ search for bodies and black box. BASARNAS says they will deploy heavy equipment to lift plane wreckage should "all efforts fail". cna.asia/qz8501day9. 4.35AM: The three bodies recovered this morning brings the total tally to 37, says BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelistyo. The bodies were retrieved near where most of the plane parts were discovered, and more aircraft debris, including seats, has also been found. Finding more bodies and recovering the black box in the priority area remain the focus of the search. Weather conditions are relatively better today, but those in the search area are still facing strong currents of between 2 to 4 knots. Divers are on standby, and heavy equipment will be deployed to lift wreckage should “all efforts fail”, he said.5AM: Singapore’s RSS Valour has returned to Tuas Naval Base after being deployed for eight days in QZ8501 search efforts. Chief of Navy Rear- Admiral Lai Chung Han and other senior officers greeted the returning servicemen to thank them for their contributions. The RSS Supreme, which has been assisting search operations for over a week, will also depart for Singapore for replenishment. 5.05AM: Indonesia police say four more bodies have been identified, all Indonesians. They are:Shiane Josal, 45 years old, female (10)-Tony Linaksita, 42 years old, male (11)-Lim Yan Koen, 61 years old, male (12)-Yongki Jou, 53 years old, male (13).This means that of the 37 bodies retrieved so far, a total of 13 have been identified. 5.25AM: There are 229 experts from 27 institutions assisting in the identification process, including 10 Singaporeans. This is according to the East Java Police, who say there are 34 bodies currently being identified at East Java Bhayangkara hospital. They have only managed to collect DNA samples for 146 of the 162 people on board QZ8501. 5.35AM: The three bodies that arrived at Pangkalan Bun earlier today are now being sent to Surabaya.5.49AM: Our Indonesia correspondent Devianti Faridz reports that the Indonesia military has offered to help give families of those on board QZ8501 the chance to scatter flowers in the waters off Pangkalan Bun. They will be flown there on an Air Force plane and board a Navy ship that will take them to the werckage site.ITS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT EACH FAMILY WILL GET $24,000.00 DOLLARS COMPANSATION FROM AIRASIA EACH.FOR THEIR MISSING DEAD FAMILY MEMBERS.

UPDATES-JAN 05,15-12:O7AM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-7.49PM: The search sector has expanded eastward due to the direction of the current, according to Malaysia's Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar. 9.06PM: More than 30 students in Pangkalan Bun have volunteered their time during their school holidays to help out with the search operations. 10.56PM: Indonesian navy divers have resumed efforts to identify suspected wreckage in calmer waters. No signal has been detected yet from the plane's black boxes, reports Reuters. 11.55PM: Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry has imposed mandatory briefings for pilots prior to departures, the Jakarta Post reports. The briefings would keep pilots informed of possible emergency decisions that they might have to make while flying, the ministry’s Acting Director-General for Air Transportation Djoko Murjatmodjo said.

QZ8501 VIDEO HAPPENINGS
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AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501-AS PER 5TH JANUARY 2015 20:00 HRS LT (GMT+7)

SURABAYA, 5TH JANUARY 2015 – Weather was still the primary challenge for today’s SAR operation lead by The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia (BASARNAS) with reported waves of 4 – 5 meters.The search area is currently focused in the east part of the Java Sea where more than 50 vessels, helicopters and more than 80 deep divers are observing the area.BASARNAS confirmed to have recovered 3 more remains from the SAR operations held today and more debris found in the area such as passengers seats and oxygen masks. The three remains are already arrived in Surabaya today for identification.Earlier this morning, Indonesian National Armed Force Commander, General Moeldoko, and Indonesian Police Chief, General Sutarman visited the crisis center at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya. Both Generals came to extend their condolences to the families and relatives of QZ 8501 passengers.Indonesian National Armed Force Commander urged the families to be patient as the search and evacuation process is still underway supported by the navy, marines and air force. Families were also invited to join a ceremony to sow flowers around the search area, of which date will be announced later. As for this plan, Indonesian National Armed Force Commander will dedicate an aircraft, vessels and accommodation for the families.The Disaster Victim Identification Police Department Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI) announced that they have identified 4 more remains of QZ 8501 passengers as: Tony Linaksita (male), Shiane Josal (female), Lim Yan Koen (male) and Yongki Jou (male). AirAsia Indonesia officially handed over the remains to the respective families at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya this afternoon.To date, BASARNAS confirmed to have recovered 37 remains, of which 13 remains have been identified by the Disaster Victim Identification Police Department of Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI) with 24 remains awaiting identification. Police Department confirmed that they have deployed a total of 229 DVI experts to help the identification process.SAR efforts will continue tomorrow with waves forecasted to be at 2 – 3 meters. BASARNAS also confirms that 5 vessels have been deployed to focus on the blackbox search.AirAsia would like to take this opportunity to urge the public seeking progress on the search and evacuation and identification process of QZ 8501 passengers to refer solely to official information from BASARNAS and DVI Polri.Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of our passengers and colleagues on board QZ 8501.

QZ8501: More bodies found as search expands- cnannel newsasia-UPDATED: 05 Jan 2015 18:20

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: Search teams on Monday (Jan 5) found four more bodies as they expanded their operation to find victims and wreckage from AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea, which they fear have drifted in rough weather over the past week.All the four victims are Indonesian. Indonesian police identified them as 45-year-old Shiane Josal; 42-year-old Tony Linaksita; 61-year-old Lim Yan Koen; 53-year-old Yongki Jou. This means that of the 37 bodies retrieved so far, a total of 13 have been identified. As the massive search operation entered its ninth day, officials were hopeful for a break in poor conditions to send divers down to the area where large parts of the crashed Airbus A320-200 have been found.A total of 162 people were on board when the plane crashed into the sea during a storm on Dec 28, en route from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore."Hopefully the weather is good today so that the ROVs (remotely-operated underwater vehicles) and other instruments can be used and our divers can go to the seabed again," search and rescue official S B Supriyadi told AFP.He said he was hopeful they would find "all the parts" of the aircraft Monday and get its exact coordinates underwater."Yesterday when our divers went down, the visibility was very bad," Supriyadi added. Recovery crews nonetheless made some progress on Sunday, retrieving four more bodies and locating a fifth large chunk of the plane.The discoveries came after Indonesia's meterological agency said ice likely caused the plane's engine to stall, and as the pilot's daughter urged the public not to blame her father.Searchers are hunting for the "black box" flight data recorders to determine the cause of the crash.Supriyadi said the search, which is being assisted by several countries including the United States and Russia, would expand eastwards Monday on suspicions that strong currents have caused parts of the plane to drift.Several aircraft were making their way from Pangkalan Bun, a town on the island of Borneo with the nearest airstrip to the wreckage, to scour the sea's surface. Speed boats were sweeping the coastline for signs of bodies that may have drifted to shore.

HOPE TO FIND BLACK BOXES

Supriyadi said the team was assessing whether to lift the discovered plane parts off the seabed or just find the "black box" flight data recorders."We hope to find the black boxes as soon as possible," he said. "If the tail is upside down and the door to the black box is in the mud, we need to dig the sea floor and that's difficult. We are hoping the door to the black box is facing upwards so it is easier for us to fetch it."An initial report by Indonesia's meteorological agency BMKG suggested the weather was the "triggering factor" behind the accident.The report referred to infra-red satellite pictures that showed the plane was passing through cloud top temperatures of minus 80 to minus 85 degrees Celsius.But it remained unclear why other planes on similar routes were unaffected by the weather, and other analysts said there was not enough information to explain the disaster until the flight recorders were recovered.The operation has prioritised finding the bodies of the victims, of whom 155 were Indonesian, with three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian, one Briton and a Frenchman - co-pilot Remi Plesel. Some of the bodies have been found still strapped into their seats.The daughter of the plane's pilot, Captain Irianto, made a televised plea late Sunday urging people not to blame her father."He is just a victim and has not been found yet. My family is now mourning," said Angela Anggi Ranastianis. "As a daughter, I cannot accept it. No pilot will harm his passengers," she told TV One.In his last communication, experienced former air force pilot Irianto said he wanted to change course to avoid the menacing storm system. Then all contact was lost, about 40 minutes after take-off.Many of the victims' relatives have gathered to wait for news and prepare funerals in Surabaya, where a crisis centre has been set up for identifying bodies.Indonesia has pledged to investigate alleged flight violations by AirAsia, saying the aircraft had been flying on an unauthorised schedule when it crashed. The airline has now been suspended from flying the Surabaya-Singapore route.- AFP/CNA/xq/ir

Indonesia orders air officials' suspension as crash probed-CHANNEL NEWSASIA-UPDATED: 05 Jan 2015 22:02

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: Indonesia on Monday (Jan 5) ordered the suspension of aviation officials as it investigates the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, also promising action against any domestic airlines violating their flying permits.The crackdown came as a major search in the Java Sea entered its ninth day, struggling in bad weather to find more bodies or the "black box" flight data recorders which are crucial to determining the cause of the disaster.Only three more bodies were recovered on Monday, bringing the total found to 37. A total of 162 passengers and crew were aboard the Airbus A320-200 on December 28 when it crashed en route from Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya to Singapore.Indonesia alleges the plane was flying on an unauthorised schedule. The transport ministry has now ordered airport and air navigation managers to "suspend the personnel involved" in the activity of Flight 8501, director general of air transport Djoko Murjatmodjo told reporters.AirAsia Indonesia, a unit of Malaysia-based AirAsia, has already been suspended from flying the Surabaya-Singapore route - although Singapore officials said they had given permission for the flight at their end.Murjatmodjo said they would halt any other airline found violating its permitted flight schedule in the country, which has a patchy aviation safety record. "If, after assessment, another airline is also not flying on the approved schedule, that is a violation and we will suspend it too," Murjatmodjo said, adding that they were investigating how AirAsia had been flying on an unapproved schedule without the ministry's knowledge.Search and rescue agency chief Bambang Soelistyo meanwhile said three more bodies from the crash were recovered Monday, but only two advance divers had been able to go down to the wreckage off the island of Borneo. Five large parts of the plane including the suspected tail have so far been located. "The current was strong. So (most of) the divers are still on standby," Soelistyo told reporters.The search, assisted by several countries including the United States and Russia, has been trying to expand eastwards on suspicions that strong currents have caused parts of the plane to drift.Earlier in the day several aircraft made their way from Pangkalan Bun, a town on Borneo with the nearest airstrip to the wreckage, to scour the sea's surface. Speedboats were sweeping the coastline to look for any bodies that may have drifted ashore.Indonesia's military chief General Moeldoko said he had offered to take relatives out to the crash site to pay their respects. "We will bring them to the navy ships and we will take them to the location to scatter flowers, and I hope coming to the location can reduce their sadness and the feeling of loss," he told reporters.

HOPE TO FIND BLACK BOXES

Indonesia's meteorological agency BMKG has said weather was the "triggering factor" of the crash, with ice likely damaging the plane's engines. The initial report by BMKG into the likely cause of the crash referred to infra-red satellite pictures that showed the plane was passing through clouds with top temperatures of minus 80 to minus 85 degrees Celsius.But it remained unclear why other planes on similar routes were unaffected by the weather, and other analysts said there was not enough information to explain the disaster until the flight recorders were recovered.The transport ministry said at the weekend it would issue a circular insisting pilots were directly briefed by officials on weather conditions before flights, after reports that the AirAsia pilots had instead taken forecasts from the BMKG website.Search and rescue official S.B. Supriyadi said the recovery teams were assessing whether to lift the plane parts off the seabed in an effort to find the flight data recorders. The operation has prioritised finding the bodies of the victims, all but seven of whom were Indonesian. Some of the bodies have been found still strapped into their seats.The daughter of the plane's pilot, Captain Iriyanto, made a televised plea late Sunday urging people not to blame her father. "He is just a victim and has not been found yet. My family is now mourning," said Angela Anggi Ranastianis. "As a daughter, I cannot accept it. No pilot will harm his passengers," she told TV One.In his last communication, experienced former air force pilot Iriyanto said he wanted to change course to avoid the menacing storm system, but he was not immediately allowed to ascend due to heavy air traffic. Then all contact was lost, about 40 minutes after take-off.Many of the victims' relatives have gathered to wait for news and prepare funerals in Surabaya, where a crisis centre has been set up for identifying bodies.- AFP/ir

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Black box 'not far' from where large objects were found, says search ops chief-Published on Jan 4, 2015 8:51 PM-THE STRAITS TIMES

JAKARTA - The chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas expressed optimism on Sunday that the black box of AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 was located "not far" from five large objects the search operation had spotted in the Java Sea."The black box should not be far from the five significant objects we found," Mr Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo told a media briefing at the agency's headquarters in Jakarta late on Sunday.Officials had believed they were close to a major breakthrough after pinpointing five large objects on the sea floor thought to be parts of the Airbus A320-200 jet this weekend.But Mr Bambang Soelistyo noted the ongoing difficulty facing the multinational recovery operation: "Our challeng is mud. Lots of mud at the sea bottom."Up to now, he said, no vessels had detected any signal beamed from the black boxes, or flight recorders.Mr Bambang Soelistyo also confirmed that 34 bodies had been found so far, eight days after the jetliner crashed en route from Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people onboard.All the bodies had been sent to the identification centre in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.He said five vessels with the ability to locate black boxes will be assigned on Monday. The weather also remains a problem, he said."Several (divers) tried to dive but had to return. Safety is also important for rescuers," he told reporters."Finding the black box and victims' bodies are our two top priorities. We will do our utmost to locate them," he said.

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Ping! 6 things about pings that may lead to the black box-Published on Jan 5, 2015 12:02 PM-By Jalelah Abu Baker-THE STRAITS TIMES

Search teams will focus on looking for the black box flight recorders of AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, now that debris and bodies have been found in the Karimata Strait off the coast of Borneo. Search efforts are underway to find the black box of the plane which went down in the Java Sea with 162 people on board during its journey from Surabaya to Singapore on Dec 28. Finding the black box, which contains recorded information on the plane's final moments, will provide investigators clues to what could have happened. To find these black boxes, investigators listen for "pings" coming from them. So far, no ping has been detected, and reasons pointed out have been the bad weather and mud.

1. What is a ping?

It is a sound emitted by a device called the Underwater Locator Beacon that is fitted to the flight recorders found in the black box of a plane. The sound, which is inaudible to humans, helps investigators track the black box of a plane. The underwater locator beacon is also called an emergency locator beacon, or pinger.

2. How does the ping get heard?

The beacon gets activated once it is is submerged underwater. According to a user manual for such beacons, it trasmits an acoustic signal (the ping) at 37.5 kHz once every second. The pinging usually lasts 30 days after activation with a standard lithium battery. The ping is then picked up by a pinger locator. Pings can typically be picked up from about 3,000 to 6,000m away.

3. What is a pinger locator?

There are different kinds of pinger locators. Examples include the towed pinger locator, which is pulled by a vessel slowly, and the unmanned automonous underwater vehicle. The towed pinger locator is equipped with a sensor that recognises the pings up to 20,000 feet (6,100m) below the water surface. The autonomous underwater vehicle, which works like a robot, takes six times longer to cover the same area as the towed pinger locator, according to Reuters.

4. What makes it difficult to hear a ping?

The sound can be obscured by weather, noise or silt, CNN news reported. Given that the AirAsia plane crashed in shallow seas, experts say finding the boxes should not be difficult if the pingers, with a range of 2,000 to 3,000 metres, are working. The chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas Hernanto said: "Our challenge is mud. Lots of mud at the sea bottom."The weather also remained a problem. Reuters also reported that strong winds and four-meter high waves have kept progress "agonisingly slow".

5. Does a ping always lead to the location of the black box?

No. In the case of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which went missing on March 8 as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, four pings were detected, and they were believed to be from the missing plane's black box.A search area was established based on the pings, but no black box was found. It was later decided that the area was not the "final resting place" of the plane. To date, no trace of the plane has been found and there is no explanation for its disappearance.

6. Can a black box be located even after the pinging stops?

Yes. The black boxes of Air France Flight 447 was not found until after its ping had expired. Two years after it went missing in 2009, the black boxes were found deep in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The black boxes were located by autonomous underwater vehicles. The flight, with 228 people on board, went missing over a large body of deep water. Search-and-rescue operations found debris and some of the bodies in the weeks following the crash, but the main wreckage and black boxes only much later. On the positive side, the depletion of the battery will not wipe out data. Data has been known to survive for years in harsh sea water conditions on modern recorders.Sources: Reuters, CNN, The Straits Times, TeledyneBenthos-jalmsab@sph.com.sg

AirAsia says Bandung-bound flight incident 'not stalled engine'-UPDATED: 05 Jan 2015 04:20-CHANNEL NEWSASIA

SURABAYA, Indonesia: AirAsia on Sunday (Jan 4) downplayed an incident that saw one of its planes turned back before takeoff in Indonesia, a week after another of its jets crashed into the Java Sea with 162 on board.Indonesia AirAsia flight 7633 was taxiing in preparation for takeoff on Saturday at Surabaya airport - where last week's doomed flight also took off - when a power unit used to start the plane shut down, an airline official said.As a result, the pilot turned back to the gate, Raden Achmad Sadikin, director of Safety and Security at Indonesia AirAsia, told reporters.Local media in Indonesia and Malaysia had reported the Bandung-bound plane's engine had cut out after emitting a loud bang that terrified passengers, but AirAsia stressed it was a minor incident."It's not that the engine failed. The plane wanted to take off but the APU (auxiliary power unit), which is the equipment that helped to start the engine, suddenly shut down," Sadikin said.The plane later landed safely at its destination in West Java after undergoing a check, Indonesia AirAsia chief executive Sunu Widyatmoko was quoted by local media as saying.Meanwhile, AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes lashed out at the initial media reports, calling the headlines "sensational" and "silly". "Silly headlines in Malaysia. Airasia Indonesia aircraft did not have a stalled engine. An Apu (auxiliary power unit) which is ground power had to be restarted."Fernandes urged staff to remain strong. "Facts will come out. As I have said we are calm, will take the hits now as our focus is families. But time will show what AirAsia is all about," he tweeted.Meanwhile, Indonesian officials said weather was the "triggering factor" in last week's crash of AirAsia flight 8501, with icing likely causing engine damage after it flew into a storm.- AFP/de

Prayers Held As Divers Thwarted From AirAsia Site-malaysian digest-Published on Sunday, 04 January 2015 21:18

Around 100 family members of AirAsia Flight 8501 crash victims sought strength Sunday, one week after the disaster, while bad weather again prevented searchers from reaching a large object on the ocean floor that is believed to be the fuselage.Emotionally exhausted relatives sang and cried at a tiny chapel in Surabaya, the city where the plane departed from last Sunday with 162 crew members and passengers. The Rev. Philip Mantofa, who heads the congregation at the city's Mawar Sharon Church - where more than a quarter of the crash victims were members - urged those gathered to find comfort in their faith while embracing the reality that no one survived the disaster."If God has called your child, allow me to say this: Your child is not to be pitied," Mantofa told one Indonesian man seated in the front row. "Your child is already in God's arms. One day, your family will be reunited in heaven."It is not clear what caused the Singapore-bound plane to crash into the Java Sea 42 minutes after taking off on what was supposed to be a two-hour flight. Minutes before losing contact, the pilot told air traffic control that he was approaching threatening clouds, but was denied permission to climb to a higher altitude because of heavy air traffic.Despite an intensive international search-and-recovery operation, only 31 bodies have been found so far, in large part because of bad weather. But after detecting what appears to be a massive part of the fuselage on Saturday, officials said it was possible that many passengers and crew will be found inside the wreckage.Divers waited for breaks in the weather Sunday to reach the site, but rolling seas stirred up silt and mud, leaving them with zero visibility, said Henry Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency. They were forced to turn back because conditions were so bad."At this moment, it's impossible to send any divers," he said. "We'll wait until the weather gets better."Twenty planes and helicopters were deployed Sunday together with 27 ships from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. All were desperately searching for any sign of the all-important black boxes and pieces of the Airbus A320.The investigation got a huge boost this weekend when sonar equipment identified five large objects on the seabed in the search area, but no images have been captured confirming they are part of the AirAsia plane.The biggest piece of debris, measuring 18 meters (59 feet) long and 5.4 meters (18 feet) wide, appeared to be part of the fuselage, Soelistyo said. Four other chunks were found in the same area, including one detected on Sunday.Suspected plane parts also were seen scattered on beaches during an aerial survey.Indonesian authorities have announced the grounding of AirAsia flights from Surabaya to Singapore, with the Transport Ministry saying the airline did not have a permit to fly on Sundays. However, Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority said Saturday that from its end, the airline had been approved to fly the route daily.AirAsia, which began operations in 2001 and quickly became one of the region's most popular low-cost carriers, said it was reviewing the suspension. The crash was the airline's first.While Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, many of the passengers were Christians of Chinese descent. Mantofa's congregation was hit particularly hard, with more than a quarter of the victims - coming from 13 families - belonging to his large Penecostal church. Following Sunday's chapel service, Edo Anggradinata, 52, said he was finally starting to let go of the hope that his sister and her two children had survived."My mind is still in a daze," he said. "If there is a miracle, I hope they are alive, but I know this is tough. I just pray that we find their bodies."- Reuters

Weather frustrates AirAsia search divers, no 'pings' detected-Reuters-jan 4,15-yahoonews-By Fergus Jensen and Fransiska Nangoy

PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Bad weather forced divers trying to identify sunken wreckage from a crashed AirAsia passenger jet to abort their mission on Sunday and Indonesian officials said they had not yet picked up any signals from the lost plane's "black box".Indonesia's meteorological agency has said seasonal tropical storms probably contributed to last Sunday's crash and the weather has persistently hampered efforts to recover bodies and find the cockpit voice and flight data recorders that may explain why the Airbus A320-200 plunged into the sea."Conditions did not allow diving operations," the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, told a news conference in Jakarta. "Our priority is to dive in the location we suspect parts of the plane to be."Flight QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea about 40 minutes after taking off last Sunday from Indonesia's second-largest city Surabaya en route for Singapore. There were no survivors.The main focus of the search is about 90 nautical miles off the coast of Borneo island, where five large objects believed to be parts of the plane -- the largest about 18 meters (59 feet) long -- have been pinpointed by ships using sonar."Based on past experience, the black box is not far from the plane debris we have found," Soelistyo said. But he added that none of the searching ships had detected any "pings", the locator signals the black box should transmit after a crash.Until investigators can examine the black box recorders the cause of the crash remains a mystery, but the area is known for intense seasonal storms. BMKG, Indonesia's meteorological agency, has said bad weather may have caused ice to form on the aircraft's engines."The flight document provided by the BMKG office shows fairly worrying weather conditions for the aircraft at cruising level on the chosen route," the agency said in a report.

BAD WEATHER

Both flight recorders are located near the tail of the Airbus, but it was unclear whether that part of the aircraft was among the debris found on the seabed."Based on the finding of pieces of debris it looks like the body of the aircraft split or cracked and was separated from its tail," said Air Force Lt Col Johnson Supriyadi, a search and rescue official co-ordinating the operation from the southern Borneo town of Pangkalan Bun.The suspected wreckage is lying in water around 30 meters deep, which experts say should make it relatively straightforward to recover.Nine ships from four countries have converged on the area, with teams of divers including seven Russian experts standing ready, but strong winds and four-meter high waves have kept progress agonizingly slow."There's a storm ... Earlier, four divers were transferred to (Indonesian navy ship) KRI Banda Aceh but they canceled the diving because the sea currents were too strong," said a Reuters photographer on board one vessel.Second Sergeant Akhyar of the search and rescue agency described what it was like being winched onto the deck of a ship to collect bodies in such conditions."The wind makes you spin and I'm quite light, so I get blown left and right, swinging," he said.

BODIES MAY BE IN FUSELAGE

Thirty-four bodies of the mostly Indonesian passengers and crew have so far been recovered, including some still strapped in their seats. Many more may be still trapped in the fuselage of the aircraft."This big part of the plane, we still have hope that victims are still inside the body of the plane," said Soelistiyo, adding that he was referring to one of the five objects found.The crash was the first fatal accident suffered by the AirAsia budget group, whose Indonesian affiliate flies from at least 15 destinations across the sprawling archipelago.The airline has come under pressure from Indonesian authorities, who have suspended its Surabaya to Singapore operations saying the carrier only had a license to fly the route on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.Indonesia AirAsia said it would co-operate with the transport ministry while it investigates the license.A joint statement from Singapore's civil aviation authority (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group said that AirAsia had the necessary approvals to operate a daily flight between Surabaya and Singapore.(Additional reporting by Beawiharta ABOARD KN PURWOREJO, Nilufar Rizki, Adriana Nina Kusuma, Chris Nusatya, Cindy Silviana, Kanupriya Kapoor, Michael Taylor, Charlotte Greenfield and Nicholas Owen in JAKARTA, and Anshuman Daga in SINGAPORE; Writing by Alex Richardson; Editing by Michael Perry, Kim Coghill and Gareth Jones)

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