Search vessel finds what could be tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 인니 수색 당국, 에어아시아기

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Reports are coming in that officials in Indonesia may have found the tail of the missing AirAsia flight that disappeared over the Java Sea last week.
Officials are not confirming anything yet, but if it′s true... they would be closer to finding out the cause of the crash.
Shin Se-min reports.
After days of search operations, an Indonesian vessel has found what could hold the key to discovering what caused AirAsia Flight 8501 to crash into the Java Sea.
At a news conference Monday, the captain of a patrol vessel said they had found what is most likely the tail of the jetliner.
The find could be crucial,... as the tail end of the aircraft contained the black box voice and data recorders.
However Indonesia′s chief of search and rescue, Bambang Soelistyo, did not confirm the discovery.
As for the probe on land,... Indonesia has slapped sanctions on officials that allowed Flight 8501 to depart from Surayaba airport in Indonesia on that fateful Sunday.
The airliner was not permitted to fly on Sundays, but investigators say aviation officials allowed the flight to take off anyway.
AirAsia has been banned from flying between Surabaya to Singapore while the investigation is underway.
Search operations resumed Tuesday.
Sonar equipment has been deployed underwater and authorities have widened their search area off of Borneo island, with a multi-national team of more than 40 vessels in the skies and in the seas.
Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered from Java Sea so far, and only a half of those have been identified.
Shin Se-min , Arirang News.