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PHOTOS: Wreckage from missing AirAsia jet located

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Commander of Indonesian Air Force 1st Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto shows items found near where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared.
Commander of 1st Indonesian Air Force Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto shows airplane parts and a suitcase found floating on the water.
An Indonesian Air Force personnel show a suitcase and airplane parts, on the table, recovered from the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared.
Commander of 1st Indonesian Air Force Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto shows airplane parts and a suitcase found floating on the water.
Indonesian Air Force personnel carry airplane parts recovered from the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks to media during a press conference at the crisis center at Juanda International Airport.
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes talks to media during a press conference at the crisis center at Juanda International Airport.
A relative of passengers of the missing AirAsia Flight 8501 reacts upon seeing the news about the findings of bodies on the waters near where the jetliner disappeared.
Relatives of passengers react upon seeing the news on television about the findings of bodies on the waters near the site where the jetliner disappeared.
A relative of passengers of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 weeps as she prays.
A member of the public sticks a message among other messages for passengers on board the missing AirAsia flight 8501.
Messages for passengers on board the missing AirAsia flight 8501 are placed on a board at Changi International Airport.
A crew member of Indonesian Navy CN-235 airplane prays prior to the start of a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501.
A crew of an Indonesian Air Force plane looks out of the window during a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 jetliner.
A crew of an Indonesian Air Force plane scans the horizon during a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 jetliner.
An Indonesian Marine Policeman checks his surroundings from his search and rescue crafts as he and his crew members prepare a search operation.
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Commander of Indonesian Air Force 1st Operational Command Rear Marshall Dwi Putranto shows items found near where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared.

Parts from the missing AirAsia jet that went missing off the Indonesian island of Borneo Sunday have been located floating in in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane's last know coordinates.

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