The US State Department has confirmed it is sending a destroyer to the Java Sea, to assist in the search for AirAsia flight QZ8501. The ship may be coming with detection equipment deployed by air, surface, and sub-surface.
"At the request of the government of Indonesia and as directed by US Pacific Command, US Pacific Fleet has authorized US 7th Fleet to position USS Sampson (DDG 102) in the general search area for missing Air Asia Flight QZ8501 to support search operations," the US Pacific Command said in a statement.
Smoke has reportedly been seen on an island in the area where AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared from the radar.
The USS Sampson, a guided-missile destroyer, is on its way to the Java Sea to assist in the search for the missing plane, a senior US military official told CNN.
he search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 resumed on Day 3, with around 30 ships, 15 aircraft, and over 1,000 search and rescue personnel mobilized for a multi-national search.
Indonesia has asked the United States for assistance in locating the missing plane, a spokesman for the US State Department has said, which was reported by Reuters.
An Australian Orion plane has spotted objects in the sea in the AirAsia search area, according to Jakarta's Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto, cited by AP.
The objects were found 700 miles (1,120km) from the location where the plane lost contact.
“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto says, “We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.”
The Australian Defense Force declined to comment on the potential sighting of the plane due to the fact that Indonesia is overseeing the search.
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