Wreckage' of missing AirAsia jet is spotted in sea by search plane .

A plane searching for missing AirAsia jet QZ8501 has spotted objects in the sea, an official said today.

Jakarta's Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected suspicious objects around 1,120km from where the Airbus A320 lost contact.

An Indonesian helicopter also spotted two oily spots in the search area this afternoon close to where a group of Indonesian fishermen claimed to have heard a crash near the island of Pulau Nangka.

The announcements will bring further anguish to relatives of the 162 passengers and crew who are desperately clinging to hope they may find survivors despite one official saying the jet was most likely 'at the bottom of the sea'.

Airforce base commander said the objects were spotted near Nangka island, about 160 kilometres south-west of Pangkalan Bun, near central Kalimantan.

But he added: 'We cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane. We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.' Source

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Distraught family members of passengers from the missing AirAsia flight try desperately to comfort each other at the crisis centre of Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia