In response to local media’s inquiry, Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, affirmed that hunting for the missing flight shows both Vietnam’s responsibility and humanitarian act. Currently, there has been no clue for research work, but Vietnam’s military forces are willing to help, he said.

Lieutenant General Tuan underscored that Vietnam received high appreciation from the international community for great contributions to searching .

The AirAsia plane flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on December 28.

The flight, coded QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, is believed to have crashed at the location 03.22.46 South and 108.50.07 East, in waters around 145 kilometers from Belitung, according to a National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) official.