Missing Air Asia plane: Anxious families hope...

An Indonesian Air Force official shows a map to journalists of the search area for the missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501, at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP)

Family members of passengers from missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP)

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes ponders during a press conference at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)

Authorities monitor progress in the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Mission Control Center inside the National Search and Rescue Agency in Jakarta. (Reuters)

Servicemen of the Singapore Navy board the Formidable-class frigate RSS Supreme, as they are deployed in support of the search and locate operation for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, in Singapore. (Reuters)

An unidentifed relative of a passenger on board AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore leaves the holding area at Changi international airport terminal in Singapore on December 28, 2014 . An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore December 28 morning, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)


Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year. (AFP)

Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year. (AFP)

People queue at an AirAsia sales counter in terminal 1 at Changi international airport in Singapore on December 28, 2014. AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year. (AFP)

Passengers wait at the AirAsia check-in counter inside terminal 1 at Changi international airport in Singapore on December 28, 2014. AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year. (AFP)

Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)

A family member of a passenger of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gathers at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)

Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)

Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)

Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on December 28, 2014 hours after the news the flight went missing. The AirAsia Airbus plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore early on December 28, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this year.  (AFP)

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