AirAsia QZ8501: Local fisherman crucial in locating wreckage


PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: A 44-year-old fisherman has been hailed by Indonesian media as being key to the multinational search operation for the doomed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501.

The man, identified only as Rahmat, had stopped his boat at Senggora Island, south of the town of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan, on Sunday as it had been raining continuously since dawn, Indonesian news portal Detik.com reported on Wednesday.

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