An end in afghanistan. Greek ferry catches fire. And in our sunday segment well take a look at the most compelling stories in a year. It is monday morning in indonesia where a massive search operation is underway for a missing plane with 162 people on board. Airasia flight 8501 disappeared more than 24 hours ago. It left indonesia pound for singapore, encountered bad weather near the island of belatong. The aircraft vanished from radar. 12 navy ships five helicopters a number of ships from singapore and australia are in charge of the search. The plane is likely to be at the bottom of the sea. Yes thomas, the sun has been up for several hours now. Detail search and rescue mission a little bit more. Were looking at a dozen vessels on the water from several different countries. Multinational search and rescue mission. Helicopters circulation fixed wing and the search and rescue Officials Say if they see any debris they have helicopters deployed near this area, as soon as they see any debr
Adriatic sea. The first person diagnosed with ebola while in the uk is receiving specialist treatment at a London Hospital. And big news in the cricketing world. Indian captain ms dhoni says hes retiring from test cricket. Lets begin in indonesia, where rescue teams have reportedly pulled the bodies of at least 40 people from the java sea. They were found floating near debris, which believed to be the wreckage of the airasia plane that went missing on sunday. Relatives of those onboard broke down in tears on hearing the news. The jet disappeared on sunday morning during a flight from surabaya in indonesia to singapore. We know that 162 people were onboard. Since this story began, our correspondent clive myrie has been covering this, and we can join clive now here on bbc news in surabaya. Good evening to you. Its 6 00 in the evening. The sun is beginning to set on what is a momentous day in the investigation on what happened to that airasia flight, taking off from here to singapore earl
A big story in the cricketing world. The indian captain ms dhoni says hes retiring from test cricket. In the last few minutes, it has been confirmed in indonesia that the debris seen in the java sea is from the missing airasia plane. Search and rescue teams say theyve recovered 40 bodies, which were found floating near the wreckage. The flight disappeared on sunday while heading from surabaya in indonesia to singapore, 162 people onboard. The box here on the map shows the search area, and this is the part of the sea from which the wreckage has been recovered. These are some of the images of debris, which have been found there. Analysts say they are the size and the shape that you would expect if they had come from an aircraft. Their color also appears to be consistent with airasias livery. Lets go live now to surabaya and the bbcs clive myrie. Reporter a press conference is just about to begin involving the president of indonesia, joko widodo, and we understand tony fernandez, the boss
The search teams looking for the missing air asia passenger plane say they have spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away, but it is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing air kraftd. The search is centered here in the java sea. Craft. The search is centered here in the java sea. These boxes you can see here is the total search area divided into several sections. The plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia to singapore, a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour we were given this update. There are ship operations in this area and of course on operation in the sea. Our people to do the best and fast and no lead to finds. The indonesian authorities have held some briefings for those who had relatives or friends on flight 8501. The bbc has spoken to the father of the plane
Illegal immigrants as well. A snap general election is called in greece after the countrys Parliament Fails to elect a new president. And 160,000 people are forced from their homes by flooding in malaysia. The search teams looking for the missing asia air passenger plane say theyve spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away. It is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing aircraft. The search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. Its now been called off for the night. The planes last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. Well, the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia all the way up to singapore. Its a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour, indonesias Vice President gave us this updat