Suspected Object Resembling AirAsia QZ8501 'Nose' Part Found

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Days have passed, all dispatched personnel have yielded everything they have in their power to search for what was left from AirAsia QZ8501. It started with the discovery small objects believed to be the debris scattered apart as the aircraft came crashing, then was followed by a series of findings that were mostly deceased passengers, and then continued mission resulted with the discovery of the tail part of the aircraft. The tail part of the aircraft led to the recovery of the plane’s black box which include both the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (VCR). With utmost determination the joint SAR team, the success continued as they found the body part of the aircraft. Just recently, the Search and Rescue team spotted an object thought to be the nose part of the aircraft that went missing on the 28 December 2014. The object was found by a fisherman from Tanjung Nyiur, kecamatan Pulau Sembilan, Kabupaten Kotabaru, South Kalimantan. 

 The SAR post coordinator at Kotabaru, Zulkifli said on Tuesday morning (20/01/2015) that a white coloured object forming half a circle resembling to the nose of an airplane was found by a fisherman from Tanjung Nyiur, Pulau Sembilan. Hitherto, the discovery has not yet been confirmed as to its identity and whether or not the ‘suspected’ object is of any correlation to the aircraft.

AirAsia QZ8501 lost contact with Soekarno- Hatta Airport International Air Traffic Controller (ATC) on a Sunday morning (28/12/2014) as it was headed for Singapore. The aircraft belonging to Malaysia took off from Juanda International Airport, Surabaya and was confirmed to have crashed around the northern part of Java sea, close to Karimata strait.

Up until Monday (19/01/2015), as many as 53 bodies have been recovered and taken to Bhayangkara hospital in East Java for the furtherance of identification process. The identification process is done by the East Java Disaster Victim Identification (DVI).

A number of challenges encountered by the joint SAR team as they tried to evacuate the deceased passengers, aircraft’s tail part, body part, and the black box. The challenges include extreme weather, high tides, swift current, muddy bottom of the sea, continuous rain and many other equally interfering factors.

On the 24 day of the mission, which falls on Tuesday 20 January 2015, the joint SAR team continues their mission to lift the body part of AirAsia QZ8501. Good weather is desirable to support today’s mission. (Akp/Ein)