The husband of a Shoreline,Washington woman originally from Surabaya, Indonesia, says six members of her family were on board the AirAsia Flight that disappeared en route to Singapore.
Soetikno Sia, his wife, Christien Joi Yuanita, and four other family members were headed to Singapore to celebrate the New Year when the plane vanished.
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The first proof of the fate of AirAsia Flight 8501 emerged Tuesday from the shallow, aquacolored waters of the Java Sea, confirming that the plane crashed with 162 people aboard in an area not far from where it dropped off radar screens.
Two days after the jet vanished, searchers found multiple bodies and debris that included a life jacket, an emergency exit door and a suitcase about 10 miles from the
plane's last known coordinates.
The airliner's disappearance halfway through a two-hour flight between Surabaya and Singapore triggered an international hunt for the aircraft involving dozens of planes, ships and helicopters. It is still unclear what brought the plane down.
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