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US contributes warship as massive international search begins for Flight QZ8501

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With memories of MH370 still fresh, the US contributes a warship to the search:

Reuters

Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship
Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:47pm EST

By Gayatri Suroyo and Fergus Jensen

SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet.

Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, told local television the search area between the islands of Sumatra and Borneo would be expanded. The air force said authorities would investigate an oil spill sighted on Monday.

Authorities would also begin scouring islands in the area as well as land on Indonesia's side of Borneo. So far the focus of the search has been the Java Sea.

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Around 30 ships and 21 aircraft from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea would search around 10,000 square nautical miles on Tuesday, officials said.

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They have come across debris and remains. 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-40-bodies-recovered-by-search-teams-1.2885920
 
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