AirAsia aircraft crashed in waters off East Belitung
"Pak Danlanud called Bapak Basuri to say that an Airbus aircraft had crashed in the Beltim waters," the portal quoted Yuhinu, the adjutant to the local authority chief Basuri T Purnama.
Beltim refers to Belitung Timur. The flight with 155 on board had left Surabaya at 5.20am