Red and white debris sighted off Indonesia’s Kalimantan coast is part of the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, a transportation ministry official confirmed on Tuesday.
An Airbus AIR PA A320-200 carrying 162 people and operated by Indonesia AirAsia disappeared in poor weather on Sunday morning during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.
Debris spotted Tuesday during an aerial search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 is from the missing plane, Indonesia’s director general of civil aviation told AFP. “For the time being it can be confirmed that it’s the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun,” Djoko Murjatmodjo said.
