AirAsia flight from Singapore missing latest update may be the most dreaded news for families, relatives and friends of passengers of the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 could ever hear before New Year. CNN reported that families have been briefed that sonar technology "spotted the plane on sea floor."
After two days, Indonesian rescuers have sealed a part of the search for the AirAsia flight from Singapore missing plane when they have retrieved some bodies and debris from Java Sea, Southwest Borneo. Whole afternoon Indonesian rescuers have gathered debris that was collected through helicopters and ships.
"I am so very sorry for this accident," Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president stated as he met the families of passengers of the missing flight QZ8501. "I hope families can stay strong while facing tragedy."
The AirAsia flight from Singapore missing plane report had prompted families and relatives to feel dismantled and burst in tears after hearing the tragic news. According to Reuters, about 40 bodies have been recovered by the Navy while three bodies were reported found by head of the Indonesian rescuers.
From the report revealed, the pilot sought permission to fly high due to the threatening storm conditions.
However, the air traffic controller couldn't answer abruptly as there was no airspace due to the six planes that were also flying in the same airspace. It led to AirAsia flight from Singapore missing after few minutes.
Indonesia's search-and-rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo stated that the missing plane could have crashed into the water and landed at the sea floor.
Bambang Tjahjono, director of the state-owned company in charge of air traffic control said that one of the pilots asked to climb from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet due to the stormy weather.
However, airspace was crowded that time. Radar spotted the AirAsia flight from Singapore before it has gone missing four minutes after the pilot's request.
Experts said that bad weather couldn't bring down a modern plane that easy. But bad weather coupled with mechanical malfunction or pilot error could be the most possible reason why the plane suffered its tragic fate.
The big boss of AirAsia, Tony Fernandes expressed his thoughts on the AirAsia flight from Singapore missing on Twitter saying:
"My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ8501. On behalf of AirAsia, my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry I am."
Sonar equipments have spotted wreckage from AirAsia flight from Singapore missing as soon as the first sight of debris was reported. Reports have not yet confirmed whether the wreckage was broken or it was found in full or one piece.
On Wednesday, Indonesian search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo reported that they have found six bodies- three women and three men. Rescuers were also searching for the black boxes that could help solved what caused the tragic ending of the AirAsia flight from Singapore missing.
Indonesian search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo revealed that a military crew detected a shadow of an things that looked like a plane in the coast of Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province on Borneo.
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Sampson, an aid from the United States arrived to help in the recue and search operation of the AirAsia flight from Singapore missing plane.
The AirAsia flight from Singapore missing plane boarded 155 passengers and seven AirAsia crew members when it suddenly went missing less than an hour after it left off at Indonesian City of Surabaya and was bound for Singapore on Sunday.
