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Search for AirAsia plane with 162 people on board to resume Monday

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR: The air searching for a missing AirAsia plane suspended on Monday evening due to darkness in the waters near the Bangka Belitung islands and will resume early Monday morning, the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency said.

Planes and helicopters in charge of the search suspended their operation at around 5:00 p.m. local time at nightfall and returned to their base, Ahmad Toha, staff at the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, told Xinhua in a phone interview, adding that the operation will be resumed on 6:00 am local time Monday morning.

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