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
The search teams looking for the missing airasia air 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 aircraft. The search is centered here in the java sea, thats off the coast of sumatra. The planes last known position. And these boxes that you can see here is the total search area divided into several sections. The plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia to singapore. Its a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour, indonesias Vice President gave us this update. There are certain ship operations in the area and 50 airplane and helicopter operations. Of course in the sea, especially instructions for all our people to do the best and find the planes and the passenger, of course. The indonesian authori