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Govt to verify suspicious objects near Pangkalan Bun: Kalla
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesian search and rescue teams would need to verify suspicious objects near Nangka Island, about 160 kilometers southwest of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan, which were detected by an Australian Orion aircraft
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ice President Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesian search and rescue teams would need to verify suspicious objects near Nangka Island, about 160 kilometers southwest of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan, which were detected by an Australian Orion aircraft.
'We still need to verify this data with Basarnas [the National Search and Rescue Agency] and the Navy. [At this point] we do not know whether the objects belong to the missing flight QZ8501 or not,' Kalla told the press at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java.
He said that the government appreciated the help of foreign nations in the mission and would work closely to accelerate the search for the ill-fated AirAsia Indonesia aircraft that lost contact with ground control on Sunday morning.
'We have dispatched 30 vessels and 15 planes today to locate the missing aircraft. We are doing the best we can to find the plane and the passengers as instructed by the President,' said Kalla.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is currently on his way to Jakarta from Papua.
Before speaking to the press, the Vice President met with relatives of the people on board flight QZ8501 at the AirAsia Indonesia Crisis Center in Surabaya.
Kalla, accompanied by Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan, Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani and AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, personally communicated with the family members. (nfo)(++++)
