Missing AirAsia plane may at sea bottom: Indonesian official   

亚航失联客机搜索队：飞机很可能已“沉入海底”

The AirAsia plane which vanished on Sunday with 162 people on board en route from Indonesia to Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.[Special coverage]

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"We assume missing jet at the bottom of the sea based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea," Bambang Soelistyo told the media.

It can be expanded based on evaluation, he noted.

Should the projection be true, Indonesia needs to cooperate with other countries to bring the wreckage to the surface, Soelistyo said. "We still do not have the equipment, we will borrow the devices from other countries," he said.

The official warned that the current may cause the wreckage of the plane to move.