Search continues for missing AirAsia flight

A military personnel points to a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authorities in search of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya. 

Search planes and ships from several countries were scouring Indonesian waters over which an AirAsia jet disappeared, more than a day into the region's latest aviation mystery.

Members of Indonesia's Marine Police hold a briefing on board a search and rescue craft prior to their heading out to sea to search for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.

Crew of Indonesian Air Force C-130 airplane of the 31st Air Squadron scan the horizon during a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 jetliner over the waters of Karimata Strait in Indonesia.

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, left, and Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, right, acknowledge the media during a press conference at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

Relatives and next-of-kin of passengers on the AirAsia flight QZ8501 wait, some in tears while others in prayer, for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya.

Search continues for missing AirAsia flight

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