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![File photo of China's rescue ship "South Sea Rescue 101". The vessel left the city of Haikou, Hainan province and was expected to arrive at the site on January 9, 2015 to search for the black boxes from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501. "South Sea Rescue 101" is 109.7 meters long, with 6,200 tonnes of full load displacement. [Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei]](http://www.ecns.cn/2015/0106/201516134439.jpg "File photo of China's rescue ship \"South Sea Rescue 101\". The vessel left the city of Haikou, Hainan province and was expected to arrive at the site on January 9, 2015 to search for the black boxes from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501. \"South Sea Rescue 101\" is 109.7 meters long, with 6,200 tonnes of full load displacement. [Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei]")
Chinese rescue vessel left a military port in Sanya in south China's Hainan Province Monday night for the search operation for the black boxes from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501. [Special coverage]
In response to a request from Indonesia, the vessel, Yongxingdao, of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, is expected to arrive on Jan. 9 at the waters where the jet went missing, according to the naval authorities.
Equipped with underwater search and detect devices and 48 divers, the vessel, which took part in the search operation of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, will also help in the search for the debris of the missing flight and bodies of the victims.
The missing plane is believed to have crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28 while en route from Surabaya of Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board.
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