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AS search teams hunt for the black boxes of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, analysts say that the pilot may have managed to make an emergency water landing, only for the plane to be overcome by high seas.
The Airbus 320-200 left the Indonesian city of Surabaya early on Sunday and disappeared from radar over the Java Sea during a storm, but it failed to send the transmissions normally emitted when a plane crashes or is submerged.
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