Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency carry coffins containing bodies of the victims aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 to transfer to Surabaya at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 2, 2015.

Minister scolds AirAsia Director over weather report

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Transportation Ignatius Jonan scolded one of Indonesian Directors of AirAsia after the budget airline was reported ignoring weather report on the day that AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed. Jonan visited AirAsia office in Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Friday, January 2. He asked the Director of AirAsia on how they got the weather report.  "Why did you take weather report...

In this Nov 26, 2014 photo, AirAsia Airbus A320-200 passenger jets are seen on the tarmac at low cost terminal KLIA2 in Sepang, Malaysia.

A Briton and 2 year old daughter on missing Airasia flight

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- A British passenger on board missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 is believed to be Chi Man Choi, a managing director of an energy company based in Indonesia. He was believed to be with his two-year-old daughter Zoe on the same flight. British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed on Sunday a British passenger was on board the missing AirAsia...