Air-force planes took to the skies in search of a missing plane and navy ships scoured the sea today, one day after senior Indonesian officials wrongly said a crashed Boeing 737’s wreckage had been found and that a dozen people had survived.

Rescuers expanded their search for a missing plane to the sea today, after senior Indonesian officials mistakenly said yesterday that the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.