AirAsia plane search: Pilot spots floating bodies
Jakarta, Dec 30: An Indonesian Air Force pilot involved in search of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 said Tuesday that he saw dozens of floating bodies as well as bags and aircraft debris. The bodies and wreckage were sighted over waters near Pangkalan Bun at Central Kalimantan province in Borneo island, The Jakarta Post reported. The transport ministry earlier confirmed that white and red debris found near Pangkalan Bun also belonged to the ill-fated flight with 162 people on board, which went missing Sunday en route to Singapore from Indonesia's Surabaya city in East Java. The latest developments came as Indonesian authorities expanded search operation of the missing plane.