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The AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea was not authorized to fly the route on the schedule it took, according to Indonesia's transport ministry.
Flight QZ8501 went missing with 162 people on board whilst flying from Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya to the city-state of Singapore last weekend.
"It violated the route permit given, the schedule given, that's the problem," Djoko Murdjatmodjo, the country's acting director of air transport told the AFP news agency today.
The plane's schedule had not been cleared with officials, he added.
It is not clear how the plane came to fly the route without authorization.
AirAsia's permit to fly the route has been frozen and its licence to fly in Indonesia could be revoked as a result of the revelation.
A transport ministry spokesperson said AirAsia was not permitted to fly the route on Sundays. A spokesperson for AirAsia said the company would cooperate with the authorities' investigation.
The revelation comes as search teams looking for wreckage of the flight locate two large objects of interest in the Java Sea.
The objects, spotted on the ocean floor by an Indonesian navy ship using sonar, were detected early on Friday and were further examined by a specially equipped geological survey vessel late last night.
"I'm confident this is part of the AirAsia plane," Henry Bambang Soelistyo, chief of the country's National Search and Rescue Agency said.
Flight QZ8501 went missing with 162 people on board whilst flying from Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya to the city-state of Singapore last weekend.
"It violated the route permit given, the schedule given, that's the problem," Djoko Murdjatmodjo, the country's acting director of air transport told the AFP news agency today.
The plane's schedule had not been cleared with officials, he added.
It is not clear how the plane came to fly the route without authorization.
AirAsia's permit to fly the route has been frozen and its licence to fly in Indonesia could be revoked as a result of the revelation.
A transport ministry spokesperson said AirAsia was not permitted to fly the route on Sundays. A spokesperson for AirAsia said the company would cooperate with the authorities' investigation.
The revelation comes as search teams looking for wreckage of the flight locate two large objects of interest in the Java Sea.
The objects, spotted on the ocean floor by an Indonesian navy ship using sonar, were detected early on Friday and were further examined by a specially equipped geological survey vessel late last night.
"I'm confident this is part of the AirAsia plane," Henry Bambang Soelistyo, chief of the country's National Search and Rescue Agency said.
