Tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 discovered in Java Sea

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Tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 discovered in Java Sea
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The head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency announced Wednesday that the tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 has been found in the Java Sea.

During a news conference, the chief of the BASARNAS rescue agency told reporters that the tail numbers were visible on the wreckage. Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia, also tweeted that if it was the "right part of tail section then the black box should be there." The plane disappeared on Dec. 28 during bad weather as it traveled from Surabaya to Singapore. --Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.