The school-going daughter of the pilot of the AirAsia plane that went missing yesterday en route to Singapore has reportedly posted a message on social media saying "Papa come back, I still need you."
An Indonesian website, kompas.com, identifies the daughter as "Angela" and reports she uploaded a picture of her father, Captain Iriyanto, and wrote: "Papa pulang. Kakak masih butuh papa. Kembalikan papaku. Papa pulang pa, papa harus ketemu." (Papa come back. I still need you. Return my papa to me. Papa come back, we have to meet.)"
The AirAsia plane, which went missing with 162 people on board en route Singapore, is likely at the bottom of the sea, said an official of the Indonesian agency that is heading the search for the aircraft.
"Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea," Bambang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, said at a news conference.
The Airbus A320-200 disappeared Sunday while heading from Surabaya in Indonesia's east Java to Singapore after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather.
An Indonesian website, kompas.com, identifies the daughter as "Angela" and reports she uploaded a picture of her father, Captain Iriyanto, and wrote: "Papa pulang. Kakak masih butuh papa. Kembalikan papaku. Papa pulang pa, papa harus ketemu." (Papa come back. I still need you. Return my papa to me. Papa come back, we have to meet.)"
"Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea," Bambang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, said at a news conference.
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