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AirAsia QZ8501: Smoke spotted in search for missing plane
Source: BBC
29 December 2014 Last updated at 23:32 ET
Indonesian officials say they are sending teams to investigate reports of smoke on an island in the area where AirAsia flight QZ8501 has gone missing.
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Andriandi said the smoke was spotted on Monday by a Chinese television crew, about 29 miles from Manggar in East Belitung.
"There is a possibility that it might be from the missing AirAsia plane but we are still doing further verification," he said.
Experts have cautioned the smoke could be unrelated to the plane. Reports of a possible oil slick spotted in the seas off Belitung island on Monday turned out to be reefs just below the surface.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30626734
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