Strong currents and blinding silt thwarted an attempt by divers to find AirAsia Flight 8501’s black boxes, which they hope are still located in the recently discovered tail of the plane.

Strong currents and blinding silt thwarted an attempt by divers to find AirAsia Flight 8501's black boxes, which they hope are still located in the recently discovered tail of the plane.

A plane missing over Indonesia with 102 people on board did not send out distress signals or report mechanical problems before disappearing, a top aviation official said today, as search teams intensified their hunt for the Boeing 737.