weekly 1 AirAsia flight QZ8501 search area expanded

There were 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one infant, along with two pilots and five crew, on the plane - the majority Indonesian.

The families of the passengers have been offered a chance to fly to the location believed to be the crash site and lay flower wreaths, the commander of the Armed Forces, Gen Moeldoko, said in Surabaya.

They would fly to Pangkalan Bun, the nearest town, then be taken by a naval ship to the location in the Java Sea. He said he believed this might help "reduce their sadness and the feeling of loss".

Gen Moeldoko also assured the families that all the victims would be identified regardless of their condition when found.

He said 260 national and international doctors were working to identify the remains recovered using finger prints, dental records and bone DNA.

Officials have said the plane was travelling at 32,000ft when the pilot's last communication was a request to climb to 38,000ft to avoid bad weather.

On Saturday, Indonesian weather agency BMKG said initial analysis suggested icy conditions in the air had caused the engine to stall.

It has emerged that AirAsia did not have official permission from Indonesia to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route on the day of the crash, but was licensed on four other days of the week.

The Indonesian authorities have now suspended the company's flights on this route pending an investigation.

AirAsia - which previously had an excellent safety record with no fatal accidents involving its aircraft - said it would "fully co-operate".

At a press conference on Monday, Djoko Murjatmojo from the transportation ministry said officials at the airport operator in Surabaya and air traffic control agency who had allowed the flight to take off had been moved to other duties.

The ministry has also issued a directive making it mandatory for pilots to go through a face-to-face briefing by an airline flight operations officer on weather conditions and other operational issues prior to every flight.

wreaths花圈；花環；花冠

assured確定的；得到保證的[+（that）]

stall熄火；拋錨；失速

licensed許可，准許；發許可證給[O2][（+for）]

suspended使中止

pending等候判定或決定

mandatory義務的；強制的

WHO: Gen Moeldoko

WHEN: not given

HOW: The Indonesian authorities have now suspended the company's flights on this route pending an investigation.

WHAT: Airasia plane crashed on the Java sea

WHERE: java sea

WHY: Officials have said the plane was travelling at 32,000ft when the pilot's last communication was a request to climb to 38,000ft to avoid bad weather.

 source:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30692223