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AirAsia's Flight QZ8501 Crashes

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An AirAsia passenger plane with 162 people aboard lost contact with the air traffic control on Sunday soon after taking off from Surabaya in Indonesia 's East Java province. There were 155 passengers and seven crew members on board the Singapore-bound Airbus A320-200 aircraft, including 16 children and an infant, the airline said in a statement.

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Search operation of Flight QZ8501 continues despite the military's withdrawal

Officials from Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency say the search operation to recover bodies and wreckage will continue despite the military's withdrawal from the mission.

Indonesian military abandons efforts to recover remains of AirAsia QZ8501

An Indonesian navy official said on Tuesday that a multinational operation to search bodies of victimes aboard crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 and retrieve wreckage of the ill-fated plane was called off, a local TV reported.

Divers find bodies belted in seats near fuselage

Indonesian investigators say they may release some initial findings next week into last month's crash of an AirAsia passenger jet. But the full preliminary report will not yet be made public.

Investigation focuses on human error, plane damage

Investigators are examining the AirAsia Flight QZ8501's cockpit voice recorder and say they are considering whether human error, or problems with the plane, caused the accident.

53 bodies recovered from crashed AirAsia plane, weather hampering search

53 bodies recovered from crashed Airaisia plane, weather hampering search

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Co-pilot flying crashed AirAsia flight
Possible location of missing Air Asia flight QZ 8501
Information of 162 passengers, crew on Flight QZ8501 released

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Crashed AirAsia flight climbs too fast before disappearing from radar: Indonesia

Indonesia said here Tuesday that the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at an abnormally high rate and plunged suddenly before disappearing from radar.

AirAsia's final report to be released at least 1 year later: official

Final results of investigation on the crashed AirAsia QZ 8501 will be published at least one year later, an Indonesian official said here on Tuesday.

Retrieved AirAsia flight data recorder in good condition

The flight data recorder of the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 retrieved Monday was in good condition and was ready to be opened for analysis, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said.

Black Box of AirAsia plane retrieved

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Rescuers to lift tail, retrieve more bodies in crashed AirAsia jet

Indonesia's rescue chief said on Thursday his team will raise the tail of the ill-fated AirAsia QZ8501 flight plane out of water on Friday to retrieve the black box, while three more bodies were recovered on Thursday.

Crossover: Conflicting reports on retrieval of cockpit voice recorder

For the latest, we can cross to our correspondent Andy Saputra in Jakarta.

Crossover: Search teams yet to determine if pings from black boxes

For the latest, let's cross live to CCTV correspondent Andy Saputra in Jakarta.

Tele interview: One of the black boxes retrieved

For the latest, we now go to our correspondent Andy Saputra in Jakarta.