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  Glance at AirAsia search nearly 2 weeks after crash

  World | January 09, 2015 11:44 IST

  Indonesia: An AirAsia jetliner crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28, killing all 162 crew and passengers on board the two-hour flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. A massive international search team has hunting

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  Indonesian military chief supervises AirAsia plane's salvage

  World | January 08, 2015 8:07 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia jet was found in the Java Sea, Indonesian Armed Forces Commander General Moeldoko said today he is heading to Pangkalan Bun, the centre of the

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  Divers looking for black boxes in crashed AirAsia plane

  World | January 08, 2015 7:31 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia: The tail section of the AirAsia passenger jet that crashed late last month is upside down and partially buried in the sea floor, and experts are trying to figure out how to

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  Tail of missing AirAsia plane discovered in Java Sea

  World | January 07, 2015 12:42 IST

  Indonesia: Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle spotted the tail of the missing AirAsia plane in the Java Sea on Wednesday, the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage 11 days after Flight 8501 disappeared

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  AirAsia 'obliged' to pay compensation to kin: Indonesia

  World | January 06, 2015 10:19 IST

  Jakarta, Singapore: Indonesia has said AirAsia was “obliged” to pay compensation to the next of kin of the 162 victims on board the crashed plane belonging to the budget airline.“An airline must pay compensation,” Acting

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  AirAsia crash: Search to continue with waves forecast 2-3 metres

  World | January 06, 2015 6:22 IST

  Singapore: Search and rescue operations on the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 will continue today with waves forecast to be at 2-3 metres.Five vessels have been deployed to focus on finding the blackbox of the plane,

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  AirAsia Crash: Searchers may have located tail of crashed plane

  World | January 05, 2015 19:44 IST

  Singapore/Jakarta:Indonesian searchers today said they may have found what could be the tail of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, the section where the crucial black boxes are located, even as calmer waters led to the

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  Weather believed to be factor in AirAsia crash: Indonesia

  World | January 04, 2015 10:07 IST

  Jakarta: Weather was believed to be a "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 into the Java Sea with 162 people on board en route from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore, a met agency

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  Divers being sent to examine AirAsia wreckage

  World | January 04, 2015 9:04 IST

  Indonesia: With the weather improving, divers prepared on Sunday to examine wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 in hopes of retrieving the rest of the bodies and finding clues to what caused the plane to crash

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  AirAsia crash: 10 more bodies brought to hospital

  World | January 03, 2015 15:46 IST

  Jakarta: Ten more bodies retrieved from the site where an AirAsia plane crashed in the Java Sea reached a hospital in Indonesia Saturday for identification.The total number of bodies sent to the Police Hospital Bhayangkara

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  7 more bodies recovered from AirAsia crash, 16 total

  World | January 02, 2015 12:00 IST

  Surabaya, Indonesia :  More ships arrived Friday with sensitive equipment to hunt for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 145 people still missing since it crashed into the sea five days

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  AirAsia black box recorders search could take a week

  World | January 01, 2015 14:15 IST

  Angkalan Bun/Surabaya: Officials involved in the search operation of AirAsia Fight 8501 have said that it could take a week to find the black box of the flight.Toos Sanitiyoso, an investigator with Indonesia's National Committee

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  Better weather allows AirAsia search to resume

  World | January 01, 2015 8:45 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia: A much needed break in the weather gave searchers a window Thursday to "fight with full force" to find the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, with officials also hustling to locate the

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  Bad weather hampers recovery of AirAsia plane wreckage, bodies

  World | December 31, 2014 10:06 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: At least six bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea off Indonesia where the ill-fated AirAsia plane carrying 162 people went down as rescuers were hampered by stormy weather today in their efforts

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  Is South-East Asia, a hotspot for aircraft disappearances?

  Life | December 31, 2014 13:29 IST

  Soon after, news flashed across global news portals informing about another flight that went missing, the world was sitting up tight wishing for the safety of those 162 passengers onboard.The AirAsia flight 8501, which was

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  Debris in Java Sea of AirAsia plane: Indonesia

  World | December 30, 2014 14:05 IST

  Jakarta: Indonesia's transport ministry Tuesday confirmed that wreckage discovered in Java Sea province was of the missing AirAsia plane QZ8501."It has been confirmed that it is debris from an aircraft bearing red and white colours,"

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  AirAsia plane search: Smoke spotted in Java Sea

  World | December 30, 2014 13:31 IST

  Jakarta: Smoke was reportedly seen rising from an island in the Java Sea as the search for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which disappeared from the radar while en route from Indonesia to Singapore, expanded on Tuesday.According

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  US warship to assist in AirAsia plane search

  World | December 30, 2014 11:59 IST

  Washington: The US has sent a warship, USS Sampson, to the Java Sea for aiding in the search for the missing AirAsia plane, officials said.The USS Sampson was expected to arrive Tuesday in the search

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  AirAsia missing plane's request to change course was denied

  World | December 30, 2014 8:40 IST

  Surabaya (Indonesia): The pilots sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn't say yes immediately -- there was no room. Six other airliners were crowding the airspace, forcing AirAsia Flight 8501 to