The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft to assist in the In...
The Australian AP-3C Orion took off from Darwin this morning (Monday, 29 December, 2014) to join the search operations.
“The RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft has a well proven capability in search and rescue and carries maritime search radar coupled with infra-red and electro-optical sensors to support the visual observation capabilities provided by its highly trained crew members,” Air Chief Marshal Binskin said.
An international search and rescue team from Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia has been mobilized in the search of flight QZ8501. The mission in Surabaya was resumed today at 06.00 AM LT (GMT+7).
The whole search is coordinated by Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas). The search fleet consists 12 ships of Basarnas, dozens of rib, and two helicopters (BO 105 and Dauphin). Malaysia and Singapore each sent three ships and a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Indonesian Air Force deployed two C-130H aircraft and a Boeing 737 maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
