AirAsia plane search: Smoke spotted in Java Sea

Jakarta, Dec 30: Smoke was reportedly seen rising from an island in the Java Sea as the search for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which disappeared from the radar while en route from Indonesia to Singapore, expanded Tuesday. According to Indonesian officials, the smoke was spotted in Long island, one of the thousands that make up the Indonesian archipelago, Xinhua reported. The Airbus A320-200 with 162 on board, disappeared from the radar screen 42 minutes after it took off from Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java province early Sunday morning. The Indonesian authorities had sent two planes to the area to check the latest finding.