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<span style="font-size: x-large;">'Victims were still holding hands in the water': 
Search pilot claims he saw bodies of AirAsia passengers tragically 
linked together as divers prepare to retrieve wreckage of doomed jet</span></h1>
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<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">Bodies of crash victims spotted floating in sea off coast of Borneo Island</span></b></li>
<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">At least three bodies  recovered from the water by Indonesian naval vessel</span></b></li>
<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">A pilot involved in the search operation saw three bodies holding hands  </span></b></li>
<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">Officials have now confirmed wreckage is from AirAsia flight 8501 </span></b></li>
<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">Navy spokesman earlier claimed 40 bodies were retrieved from Java Sea</span></b></li>
<li class=""><b><span style="font-size: small;">But this figure has now been corrected to three by search and rescue teams  </span><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Three
 people killed on AirAsia flight QZ8501 were holding hands when their 
bodies were spotted floating in the Java sea off Indonesia, a pilot 
involved in the search for the missing plane has claimed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Lieutenant
 Airman Tri Wobowo, who co-piloted the C130 Hercules aircraft that first
 saw debris of the plane on Tuesday, told Indonesian newspaper <a class="" href="http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2014/12/30/17190451/Ada.3.Jasad.Bergandeng.Tangan.di.Lokasi.Penemuan.Puing.AirAsia.QZ8501" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Kompas</a>: ‘There are seven to eight people. Three [of them] again hold hands.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Since
 wreckage from the plane was discovered off the coast of Borneo Island 
after three days of searching there have been a number of different body
 counts from several official sources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Divers
 and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black 
boxes of the doomed plane on Wednesday after officials confirmed that 
the bodies and debris found are from flight 8501</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The fuselage may be easily found as the aircraft probably only broke up when it hit the water, aviation experts believe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Before
 darkness fell in the area, search teams identified a shadow that they 
believe to be the plane's fuselage in the sea, which is relatively 
shallow at just 160 feet at its deepest point. Many of the remaining 
victims are thought likely to still be on board the aircraft</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 Airbus A320-200 was 42 minutes into its flight from Surabaya in 
Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday when it vanished with 162 people on 
board.</span></div>
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Live Indonesian television news footage showed at least one corpse floating in the water earlier today</div>
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Rescue workers display the uninflated escape slide from flight 8501 at Pangkalan Bun airport in Indonesia</div>
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An oxygen tank from doomed AirAsia flight 8501 was found floating in the sea off the coast of Borneo island</div>
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Tragic: The 
flight went missing from radar at 6.18am local time - six minutes after 
last communication with air traffic control - while travelling from 
Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board. Search and rescue 
workers spotted a number of bodies and debris floating in the water this
 morning</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Several
 pieces of red, white and black debris - including luggage, a plane door
 and an emergency slide - were were spotted in the Java Sea near Borneo 
island on Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 38-year-old Indonesian fisherman, Mohammed Taha, was reportedly the 
first person to spot any wreckage - despite the multi-million air-search
 for the jet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr
 Taha spotted metal objects in the water but didn't know a plane was 
missing until he returned to his home in the village of Belinyu on 
Monday, Indonesian news website <a class="" href="http://en.tempo.co/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Tempo</a> reported.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I found a lot of debris - small and large - in the Tujuh islands,' Mr Taha said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The
 largest was four metres long and two metres wide. They were red 
coloured with white silver. It looked like the AirAsia colours.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The bodies were found in the Java Sea about six miles from Flight 8501's last communications with air traffic control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Search
 leader Bambang Soelistyo said: 'As the search and rescue coordinator, I
 can 95 per cent confirm [this is] debris and objects from the plane. 
The five per cent is simply because I haven't seen personally seen 
them.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Indonesian
 President Joko Widodo also confirmed plans to visit both the crisis 
center in Surabaya and the suspected crash location near Pangkalan Bun. </span></div>
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The emergency slide from flight 8501 was taken to an Indonesia Air Force press conference earlier today</div>
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) 
speaking in an Air force aircraft Hercules C-130 during the search and 
locate (SAL) operation for missing AirAsia flight QZ850</div>
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Indonesia's President joined search teams in the cockpit of a military plane on Wednesday</div>
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 <span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This 
morning AirAsia group chief executive Tony Fernandes said on Twitter: 
'My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 
8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences to all. Words cannot express 
how sorry I am.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fernandes has told Indonesia's President  that he believes the crash was caused solely by bad weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Despite
 the black box recorder having not yet been found, Mr Fernandes said 
there was 'some very unique weather conditions in the area at the time'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He
 then added:'We cannot make any assumptions about what went wrong. All I
 can say is that the weather in south-east Asia is bad at the moment,' 
the <a class="" href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-unique-weather-may-have-caused-plane-crash-says-ceo-20141230-12fs40.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sydney Morning Herald</a> reports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">At
 a press conference later in the day he added: 'This is a scar with me 
for the rest of my life...There is at least some closure as opposed to 
not knowing what's happened and holding out hope.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There
 were no immediate reports of any survivors, although the presence of a 
life raft might raise hopes people survived the crash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 British national, named as Chi Man Choi, according to reports of the 
passenger manifest in the Indonesian media, is among those on board the 
plane. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He is thought to have been travelling with his daughter Zoe on tickets bought on Boxing Day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr Chi is believed to hold a British passport but to have lived in Singapore with his family. </span></div>
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crash victims collapsed in grief and were taken to hospital after an 
Indonesian television station showed disturbing uncensored footage of 
the  corpses floating in the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Images
 shown on a news channel showed at least one body floating in the water,
 causing the victims' relatives - who were watching live reports at 
crisis-centre at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya - to burst 
into tears, with some fainting and requiring hospital treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The decision to broadcast the uncensored images on live television has led to severe criticism of news channel TV One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Grieving
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 gazed into thin air as they took in the news and realized that the 
'bodies could be their relatives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Police officers had to be drafted in to stop press from entering the building, according to Time Magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The bodies were seen from a helicopter and were taken to an Indonesian navy ship. </span></div>
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 spokesman Manahan Simorangkir said several victims were found while Air
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier,
 Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman Yusuf Latif said an 
Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including
 what appeared to be a lifejacket, off the coast, about 105 miles south 
of Pangkalan Bun.</span></div>
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8501, an Airbus A320-200 with 155 passengers and seven crew aboard, 
disappeared from radar over the Java Sea near Belitung island.</span></div>
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revealed that family members were intending to fly over the search area 
on Sunday so they could pray for those who were missing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Indonesia
 AirAsia regrets to inform that The National Search and Rescue Agency 
Republic of Indonesia (BASARNAS) today confirmed that the debris found 
earlier today is indeed from QZ8501, the flight that had lost contact 
with air traffic control on the morning of 28th.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">'Devastated': AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes has released a </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 debris of the aircraft was found in the Karimata Strait around 110 
nautical miles south west from Pangkalan Bun. The aircraft was an Airbus
 A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were 155 passengers
 on board, with 137 adults, 17 children and 1 infant. Also on board were
 2 pilots, 4 cabin crews and one engineer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">At
 the present time, search and rescue operations are still in progress 
and further investigation of the debris found at the location is still 
underway. Indonesia AirAsia employees have been sent to the site and 
will be fully cooperating with BASARNAS, National Transportation Safety 
Committee (NTSC), and relevant authorities on the investigation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sunu
 Widyatmoko, Chief Executive Officer of Indonesia AirAsia said: 'We are 
sorry to be here today under these tragic circumstances. We would like 
to extend our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of those on 
board QZ8501. Our sympathies also go out to the families of our dear 
colleagues.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Tony
 Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia added: 'I am 
absolutely devastated. This is a very difficult moment for all of us at 
AirAsia as we await further developments of the search and rescue 
operations but our first priority now is the wellbeing of the family 
members of those onboard QZ8501.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Indonesia
 AirAsia will be inviting family members to Surabaya, where a dedicated 
team of care providers will be assigned to each family to ensure that 
all of their needs are met. Counsellors, religious and spiritual 
personnel have also been invited to the family centre to provide any 
necessary services.</span></span></div>
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emergency call centre has been established and available for families 
seeking information. Family members of QZ8501, please contact:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Malaysia: +60 3 21795959</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of our passengers and colleagues on board QZ8501.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier
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Indonesian archipelago, to investigate a smoke sighting as they hunted 
for the aircraft,<a class="" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/29/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">CNN</a> reported.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">While
 the smoke sighting could have been one of many things, Dr Max Ruland, 
Director of Operations for the search and rescue mission, confirmed to 
CBS News that two Cessna jets had been dispatched.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 Airbus A320-200 lost contact at about 6.17am local time en route from 
Surabaya, in Indonesia's east Java, to Singapore after the crew 
requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Aviation
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the 'thunderstorm factory' where AirAsia Flight 8501 went missing 
because of its catastrophic storms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Strategic Aviation Solutions chairman Neil Hansford told Channel 9's <a class="" href="http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/12/30/08/27/aviation-expert-says-airasia-flight-crashed-due-to-human-factors#QR2Uo76uAc5fKRTY.99" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Today</a> most flights went around the area and somebody 'dropped the ball' when they made the flight plan for QZ8501. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Two
 RAAF P3 Orion planes with specialist equipment are now part of the 
international hunt to find the aircraft. Their search is focused to the 
west of the island of Kalimantan, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.</span></div>
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third day and have reportedly sent USS Sampson to assist. </span></div>
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 three of the search saw the operation expand to land, including the 
western part of West Kalimantan province, National Search and Rescue 
Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo confirmed.</span></div>
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in Indonesian waters on Monday as a senior official warned the aircraft 
was likely at the 'bottom of the sea'. But the patch later emerged to be
 a coral reef, <a class="" href="http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/12/30/08/27/aviation-expert-says-airasia-flight-crashed-due-to-human-factors" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">9News</a> reported.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">AirAsia's
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tracking devices, but the A320 jetliner had not yet been modified when 
it went missing, the <a class="" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/airasia-upgrading-jets-for-improved-tracking-flight-8501-not-modified-1419886373" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reported. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Waters in the search area, which is roughly the size of California, are not particularly deep at between 130 feet and 160 feet.</span></div>
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 Singapore on Tuesday, people were beginning to make comparisons with 
the early days of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which lost contact in 
March this year and has remained missing, with aviation experts 
concluding that it had probably gone down in the southern Indian Ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 widespread search of the South China Sea where it last made contact 
failed to turn up anything other than debris and oil slicks that, 
officially, were not linked to the aircraft. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr Thomas said this should not happen in an A320, so it appears as though it was related to extreme weather conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'He got caught in a massive updraft or something like that. Something's gone terribly wrong,' he said.</span></div>
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relatives and friends in Singapore and Surabaya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">At a centre set up for relatives of the passengers in Surabaya, anger was growing at the lack of information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Referring
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friends on the AirAsia flight, said: 'We only need clear information 
every hour on where they are going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We've been here for two days but the information is unclear. That's all we need... information.'  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Aviation
 experts have speculated that the flight may have encountered 'black 
storm cells' which caused a build-up of ice on airspeed senors known as 
pitot tubes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
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AF447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 while en route from Rio De
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Aviation
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 pilot of QZ8501 encountered difficult weather conditions but flew too 
slow in his efforts to avoid it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">'The
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 believe that the crew, in trying to avoid the thunderstorm by climbing,
 somehow have found themselves flying too slow and thus induced an 
aerodynamic stall similar to the circumstances of the loss of Air France
 AF447 to crash in 2009.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I
 have a radar plot which shows him at 36,000 feet and climbing at a 
speed of 353 knots, which is approximately 100 knots too slow ... if the
 radar return is correct, he appears to be going too slow for the 
altitude he is flying at,' Mr Thomas said.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Essentially
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wings won't support it at that speed and you get a stall, an aerodynamic
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 radar used by the A320 can sometimes have problems in thunderstorms and
 the pilot may have been deceived by the severity of these particular 
ones.  </span></div>
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 latest technology radars, which were pioneered by Qantas in 2002, can 
give a more complete and accurate reading of a thunderstorm, but they 
will not be certified for the A320 until next year.</span></div>
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 once boasted that its well-trained pilots would never lose a plane days
 after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
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offending article after it was published in its in-flight magazine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The article sparked anger on social media after an AirAsia passenger posted a photograph of the text on Twitter last April.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 last paragraph read: 'Pilot training in AirAsia is continuous and very 
thorough. Rest assured that your captain is well prepared to ensure your
 plane will never get lost.' </span></span></div>
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 Executive Chairman Kamarudin Meranun expressed 'deep regret and 
remorse,' saying the latest issue of 'travel 3Sixty' magazine was 
printed before the Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people 
disappeared ON March 8 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr
 Kamarudin said the article was a monthly aviation column prepared well 
in advance by a retired pilot, who had worked for both AirAsia and 
Malaysia Airlines.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'This
 is a truly difficult time for the nation and words cannot describe how I
 personally feel of this incident,' Mr Kamarudin said in a statement.  </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">'If
 you don't have what's called a multi-skilled radar you have to tilt the
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thunderstorm to see what the intensity of the moisture and the rain is, 
then you make a judgment of how bad it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">'It's manual, so it's possible to make a mistake, it has happened,' Mr Thomas explained.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In
 a separate development, Earth Network, a firm that monitors weather 
conditions around the world, recorded a number of lightning strikes 
'near the path' of the plane when it disappeared on Sunday morning, it 
was reported by the <a class="" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/29/world/asia/airasia-jet.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">New York Times</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Although
 unlikely to have caused structural damage to the A320, lightning can 
affect navigation systems and flashes could temporarily disorient 
pilots, the paper notes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Sudden
 shifts in wind direction also have the potential to force jet engines 
into a stall, although experts this scenario is very unlikely and point 
to the fact that the Airbus A320 is certified to fly up to three hours 
on a single engine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">AirAsia
 confirmed there were 155 passengers on board - including 138 adults, 16
 children and one infant - and also stated there were two pilots, four 
flight attendants and one engineer on board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Nationalities
 of passengers and crew on board are one Singaporean, one Malaysian, one
 British, one French, three South Koreans and 155 Indonesians.   </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 last communication from the cockpit to air traffic control was a 
request by one of the pilots to increase altitude from 32,000 feet to 
38,000 feet because of the rough weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Air
 traffic control was not able to immediately grant the request because 
another plane was in airspace at 34,000 feet, said Bambang Tjahjono, 
director of the state-owned company in charge of air-traffic control. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">By the time clearance could be given, Flight 8501 had disappeared, Tjahjono said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
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was last seen on radar four minutes after the last communication from 
the cockpit. </span></div>
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missing off the coast of Indonesia today said the wait for news is 
'unbearable' as the family prepares 'for the worst'.</span></span></div>
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 who is originally from Hull, Yorkshire, was flying from Indonesia to 
Singapore with his two-year-old daughter, Zoe, where they were expected 
to reunite with his wife and son.</span></span></div>
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 brother, Chi-Wai Choi, said he was comforting his elderly parents, 
hoping for positive news but nevertheless 'preparing them for the 
worst.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It
 doesn't look good at the moment. I am sure if there was anything to 
find then they would have found it by now.' he told The Sun. 'It is a 
very tricky time at the moment. We are just holding together for my 
parents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'They don't know what to make of it.' </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He
 purchased his plane ticket and that of his daughter on Boxing Day - 
according to the passenger manifest - and they were seated in the first 
row, in seats 1B and 1C. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier,
 the billionaire CEO of AirAsia described missing flight QZ8501 as his 
'worst nightmare' as the massive air and sea search for the plane 
resumed at first light on Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Tony
 Fernandes spoke of his horror over the situation after the plane lost 
contact with air traffic control, a short time after the pilot asked to 
deviate from the flight path due to 'bad weather'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Upon
 first arriving in Indonesia, Mr Fernandes gave a press conference to 
family and friends of those on board the plane and said the focus should
 be on the search and the families. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 50-year-old built AirAsia from a small, heavily indebted company to a 
huge low-cost airline after buying it for just 50 cent in 2001. He later
 expanded into long-hail flights with the AirAsia X brand.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 fishing boats and official vessels that were sent out by Indonesia's 
national search and rescue authority, along with helicopters and 
Hercules aircraft from Singapore, set out again at sunrise on Monday 
morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott offered the nation's help to assist in the search on Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Despite
 comparisons of QZ8501 to this year's earlier Malaysia Airlines 
tragedies, Mr Abbott said the AirAsia flight's disappearance was a 
tragedy but 'This is not a mystery like the MH370 disappearance and it's
 not an atrocity like the MH17 shooting down'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">MH370 disappeared in March while on its way from Malaysia to China when it lost contact. The aircraft has not been seen since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Five
 months later, MH17 was flying over Ukrainian airspace when it was shot 
down by a surface-to-air missile. All 298 people on board the flight 
died. </span></div>
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 daughter of the missing AirAsia captain today made an emotional plea 
for her father to come home, telling him: 'I still need you'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Captain
 Iriyanto disappeared in airspace thick with storm clouds between 
Indonesia and Singapore while piloting Flight 8501 with 162 people on 
board yesterday.  </span></span></div>
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 picture was posted on social media by his 22-year-old daughter Angela 
Ranastianis with the heartbreaking message: 'Papa, please come home, I 
still need you. Bring back my papa.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Suwarto, who has only one name, told the <a class="" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30622140?ocid=socialflow_twitter" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">BBC</a> he hoped he would see his son again, but accepted it would be God's will if he didn't.</span></span></div>
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relatives and friends gathered to pray and recite the Quran to support 
the distraught family.</span></span></div>
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where three LCD televisions had been set up to monitor search 
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neighbourhood chief for the last two years,' said Bagianto Djoyonegoro, a
 friend and neighbour, adding that despite being busy with his job, 
Iryanto was always very active in the community and attentive to the 
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is married with two young children, was 'a very caring person'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He
 said: 'He is always helping people because he is a very caring person. 
If there is a sick relative who needed help and even money, my uncle 
would be there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'If there are money problems in the family, he would surely help.'</span></span></div>
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 recalled him as an experienced Air Force pilot who flew F-16 fighter 
jets before taking early retirement to become a commercial airline 
pilot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Cpt
 Iriyanto was 'was one of the best graduates' at the military academy, 
the Adi Sucipto Air Force pilot school, in 1983, former coordinating 
political, legal and security affairs minister Djoko Suyanto told the <a class="" href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/30/airasia-pilot-one-military-academy-s-best-graduates.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Jakarta Post</a>. </span></span></div>
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 was known as one of the "Flight Leaders" on F-5 Tigers, the leading 
fighter jet in the 1980s,' said Yadi, who once served with Iriyanto in 
the 14th squadron.</span></span></div>
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 past 12 months have been the worst for aviation fatalities so far this 
decade - with the total of number of people killed if airline crashes 
reaching 1,050 even before the AirAsia plane vanished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Two
 incidents involving Malaysia Airlines planes - one over eastern Ukraine
 and the other in the Indian Ocean - led to the deaths of 537 people, 
while an Air Algerie crash in Mali killed 116 and TransAsia Airways 
crash in Taiwan killed a further 49 people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 remaining 456 fatalities were largely in incidents involving small 
commercial planes or private aircraft operating on behalf of companies, 
governments or organisations. </span></span></div>
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 2014 having the highest number of fatalities so far this decade, the 
total number of crashes was in fact the lowest since the first 
commercial jet airliner took off in 1949 - totalling just 111 across the
 whole world over the past 12 months. </span></span></div>
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 this year's total death count of 1,212, including those presumed dead 
on board the missing AirAsia flight, marks a significant rise on the 
very low 265 fatalities in 2013 - which led to it being named the safest
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr
 Abbott was speaking on Macquarie Radio on Monday, adding: 'It's an 
aircraft that was flying a regular route on a regular schedule, it 
struck what appears to have been horrific weather and it's downed'.</span></div>
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 Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said the aircraft had 'a well-proven 
capability in search and rescue and carries maritime search radar 
coupled with infra-red and electro-optical sensors'.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 pilot of the AirAsia plane has been named as Captain Iriyanto, while 
the co-pilot is believed to be Frenchman Remi Emmanual Plesel.  A 
picture of the pilot has been posted on social media by his daughter 
Angela Ranastianis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Cpt Iriyanto's nephew told Indonesian news outlet <a class="" href="http://www.detik.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Detik.com</a> his uncle, who is married with two young children, was 'a very caring person'.</span></div>
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 is always helping people because he is a very caring person. If there 
is a sick relative who needed help and even money, my uncle would be 
there,' the relative said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'If there are money problems in the family, he would surely help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A family including a groom-to-be and his parents and brother were reportedly among those onboard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><a class="" href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/28/airasia-plane-missing-with-162-on-board-indonesia-media-report/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Fox News</a> reported Alain Oktavianus Siaun and his family were intending to enjoy one last holiday together before he married. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She said: 'I heard it on the radio and immediately browsed the Internet and saw the news. </span></div>
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Surabaya, in Indonesia, with Zoe's older brother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sunu Widyatmoko, chief executive of AirAsia Indonesia, said: 'We are deeply shocked and saddened by this incident. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We
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determine the cause of this incident. In the meantime, our main priority
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><b>TIMELINE OF AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501</b></span></h3>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">5.35AM (local time) - Departed Surabaya, Indonesia</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">6.12am - Pilot requests to change the travel height of the plane to an altitude of 38,000 feet</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">6.17am - AirAsia flight QZ8501 loses contact with Jakarta Air Traffic Control</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">6.18am - The flight disappears from radar</span></span></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">7.55am - Flight is declared missing</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We
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continues and have already mobilised a support team to help take care of
 their immediate needs, including accommodation and travel 
arrangements.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Tatang
 Zaenudin, deputy of personnel at Basarnas, said that the agency was 
working to approve flights from Australia to aid with the huge operation
 to locate the plane, reported <a class="" href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/airasia-flight-from-indonesia-to-singapore-loses-contact-20141228-12em2h.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Sun Herald</a>.     </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">AirAsia changed the colour of its logo from red to grey as a mark of respect to the missing plane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. </span></div>
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as the AirAsia flight headed north east was 'nasty' but he believed that
 it would not be enough to cause a major structural failure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'While
 the weather on the route looks rather nasty, I have always found that 
the A320 is a really solid aircraft in turbulence,' the pilot, writing 
from Canada, said</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I've
 flown it through bad winter storms, tropical thunderstorms and all 
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<li class=""><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The company was formed in 2001 in KL, Malaysia</span></span></li>
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<li class=""><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Joint venture with aviation companies in Thailand, Philippines</span></span></li>
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<li class=""><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Impeccable safety record – no incidents since 2001</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Other
 crew members lost along with the pilot and co-pilot were four flight 
attendants are listed as Wanti Setiawati, Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi, Oscar
 Desano and Wismoyo Ari Prambudi as well as technician Saiful Rakhmad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">On Christmas Eve, Desano wrote on Twitter: 'Merry Christmas to all my beautiful friends who celebrate it.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He also posted a picture of himself wearing his AirAsia identification tag.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">AirAsia flies mostly in the South East Asian area, its reach being as far as Sydney and the Queensland Gold Coast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 Department of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement to Fairfax Media, 
saying it was checking with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and the 
Australian High Commissioner in Singapore to see if any of the 
passengers were holding an Australian passport.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Those
 concerned about the welfare of their Australian family and friends who 
were known to be travelling on this flight should contact the Department
 of Foreign Affairs and Trade's 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on 
1300 555 135 (or +61 2 6261 3305 if calling from overseas),' the 
statement read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The United States also offered to help with the search.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said: 'Our hearts and hopes are with the passengers and families of AirAsia QZ8501.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">AirAsia
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friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The number for
 the hotline is +622129850801.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> 1. Viona Florensia Abraham.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">2. Siau Alain Octavianus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">3. Sri Ratri Andriani</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">4. Sri Vincencia Andrijany</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">5. Sharon Michelle Ang</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">6. Steven Michael Ng</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">7. Ong Anelina</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">8. Lindawati Anggara</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">9. Monica Anggraini</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">10. Linda Anggreni</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">11. Santiago Jasmine Rose Ann</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">12. Jayden Cruz Ardhi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">13. Reggy Ardhi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">14. Yuni Astutik</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">15. Thirza Aurelia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">16. Djarot Biantoro</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">17. Kevin Biantoro</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">18. Gani Chandra</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">19. Chi Man Choi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">20. Zoe Man Suen Choi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">21. Marianne Claudia Ardhi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">22. Michelle Clemency Ardhi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">23. The Darmaji</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">24. Inda Djani</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">25. Kaylee C. Djomi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">26. Martinus Djomi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">27. Angeline Esther Emmanuel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">28. Ernawati</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">29. Musaba Evientri Wahab</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">30. Edward Febriantus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">31. Joe Jeng Fei</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">32. Andrian Fernando</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">33. Susilo Gani</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">34. Justin Giovanni</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">35. Nico Giovanni</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">36. Feilensia Sularmo Go</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">37. David Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">38. Jie Charly Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">39. Jie Stephanie Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">40. Jie Steven Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">41. Jie Stevie Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">42. Kayla Audrey Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">43. Kenneth Mathew Gunawan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">44. Hendra Gunawan Syawal</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">45. Hindarto Halim</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">46. Hayati Luftiah Hamid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">47. Finna Handayani</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">48. Rony Handoyo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">49. Sukiatma Haripin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">50. Prawira Harja Subagio</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">51. David Hartono</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">52. Caroline Harwon Lioe</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">53. Juliana Ho</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">54. Christanto Leoma Hutama</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">55. Jo Indri</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">56. Monita Wahyuni Jauw</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">57. Jessica</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">58. Ang Mie Jong</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">59. Shiane Josal</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">60. Kosuma Chandra Kho</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">61. Vera Chandra Kho</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">62. Sesha Aldi Krisputra</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">63. Felicia Sabrina Krisputri</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">64. Kristiyono</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">65. Nelson Kusuma</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">66. Wirantono Kusumo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">67. Kyung Hwa Lee</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">68. Indahju Liangsih</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">69. Fransisca Lanny Winat Liem</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">70. Ekawati Ligo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">71. Yan Koen Lim</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">72. Susandhini Limam</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">73. Juanita Limantara</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">74. Grayson Herbert Linaksita</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">75. Kathleen Fulvia Linaksita</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">76. Tony Linaksita</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">77. Sri Linggarwati</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> 78. Megawati</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">79. Merry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">80. Abdullah Muttaqin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">81. Andrian Noventus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">82. Donna Indah Nurwatie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">83. Lanny Octavani</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">84. Jimmy Sentosa Winata Oei</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">85. Denny Octavianus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">86. Sherlly Ong</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">87. Soamik Saeran Pai</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">88. Seongbeom Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">89. Gusti Ayu Putriyan Permata</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">90. Andri Wijaya Poo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">91. Christien Aulia Pornomo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">92. Feyny Yufina Pornomo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">93. Ruth Natalia M Puspitasari</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">94. Gusti Ayu Madi Keish Putri</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">95. Mulyahadikusuma Ranudiwjojo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">96. Ria Ratna Sari</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">97. Siri Romlah</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">98. Fandi Santoso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">99. Karina Santoso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">100. Nikolas Theo Santoso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">101. Lia Sari</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">102. Yonathan Sebastian</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">103. Samuel Joyo Sentoso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">104. Mawin Sholeh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">105. Soetikno Sia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">106. Gusti Made Bobi Sidartha</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">107. Chung Hei Sii</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">108. Elbert Soesilo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">109. Aris Soetanto</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">110. Lina Soetanto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">111. Cindy Clarissa Soetjipto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">112. Kevin Alexander Soetjipto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">113. Rudy Soetjipto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">114. Yenni Soewono</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">115. Budi Su</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">116. Kartika Dewi Sukianto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">117. Sulastri</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">118. Hanny Suryaatmaja</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">119. Djoko Suseno</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">120. Naura Kanita Rosada Suseno</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">121. Susiyah</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">122. Hermanto Tanus</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">123. The Meiji Thejakusuma</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">124. Hendra Theodorus</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">125. Raynaldi Theodorus</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">126. Winoya Theodorus</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">127. Suriani Usin</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">128. Soesilo Utomo</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">129. Eny Wahyuni</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">130. Oktaria Wen</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">131. Bhima Aly Wicaksana</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">132. Andreas Widjaja</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">133. Djoko Satryo Tanoe Widjaja</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">134. Eko Widjaja</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">135. Florentina Maria Widodo</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">136. Nanang Priyo Widodo</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">137. Anna Widyawati</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">138. Alfred Widjaya</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">139. Bob Hartanto Wijaya</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">140. Marilyn Wijaya</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">141. William Wijaya</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">142. Indar Prasetyo Wijaya Kwee</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">143. Boby Hartanto Winata</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">144. Ingrid Jessica Winata</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">145. Natalina Wuntarjo</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">146. Indri Yani</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">147. Jou Yongki</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">148. Elisabeth Youvita</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">149. Brian Youvito</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">150. Jou Christine Yuanita</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">151. Albertus Eka Surya Yulianto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">152. Indra Yulianto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">153. Stephanie Yulianto</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">154. Indah Yuni </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">The
 information comes from the list on display at the AirAsia Crisis Center
 post at Juanda airport. </span></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">It does not include members of the AirAsia crew
 on board the plane.</span></span></div>
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