Operated by Indonesia's Lion Air, the jet crashed in the Java Sea and is likely the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years.

A fresh eruption at Mount Agung near the popular tourist island sent volcanic ashes several miles high into the sky.

An aging Indonesian military plane packed with families crashed after takeoff, killing more than 140 people.

An aging Indonesian military plane packed with soldiers and their families crashed after takeoff in a densely-populated area of Sumatras biggest city, killing at least 113 in the latest air disaster to beset the Southeast Asian nation.

Search crews recovering debris and bodies from the waters off of Indonesia are poised to intensify their search for the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia plane and the black boxes that may answer what doomed it.