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AirAsia Search: Pings Detected In Hunt For Black Box, Investigator Says

Pings Detected In Search For AirAsia Black Box
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Indonesian navy divers arrive near the navy vessel KRI Banda Aceh after taking part in an operation to raise the tail of the crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Java sea on January 8, 2015. Elite Indonesian military divers battled strong currents on January 8 in an effort to reach the submerged tail of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the hopes of finding crucial black box data recorders. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

JAKARTA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have detected pings in their efforts to find the black box recorders, Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee, told Reuters on Friday.

Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28 less than half way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board.

Indonesian search teams loaded lifting balloons on to helicopters on Friday ahead of an operation to raise the tail section of the jet, although Sayogo said it appeared that the black box was no longer in the tail and divers were confirming its position. (Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield; writing by Michael Taylor; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501
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Electronic sign boards instructing relatives and next-of-kin to gather at a holding area are placed at the Changi International Airport where AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya was scheduled to land, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jiang Hui, a relative of passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, watches a TV news about a missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A relative of AirAsia flight QZ8501 passengers weeps as she waits for the latest news on the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Passengers queue for their flights at the AirAsia check-in counter in Changi International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Passengers queue at the AirAsia service counter at the Changi International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People walk past a sign board instructing relatives and next-of-kin to gather at a holding area at the Changi International Airport where AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya was scheduled to land, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An electronic kiosk providing flight information shows the status for AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore as "Ask Airline" Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 at the Changi International Airport in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Relatives of the passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501, check the plane's manifest at a crisis center set up by local authority at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8015 wait for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An airport official checks a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authority for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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