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(29 Dec 2014) The Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with relatives of those missing from the AirAsia flight at a crisis centre at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya on Monday.
The Airbus A320-200 vanished Sunday morning in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.
There were 155 passengers and seven crew on onboard.
Kalla, who is heading the search and rescue operation, ensured family members of those on the flight that the Indonesian government will continue to do everything it can to find the missing plane.
Kalla explained that tens of vessels, aircraft, helicopters has been deployed in the search.
He also said that the government does not have a time limit for the operation.
During a news conference Kalla also refused to confirm a report saying an Australian search plane had detected objects in the water hundreds of miles from the location where the plane lost contact.
He said the report was "not verified".
AirAsia's Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes refused to address compensation issues or any changes that may be made to the airline as a result of this incident.
"We have carried 220 million people up to this point," he said.
"Of course, there's going to be some reaction, but we are confident in our ability to fly people, and we'll continue to be strong and continue to carry people who never could fly before" Fernandes added.
Nearly all the passengers and crew are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays.

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