An Australian plane has spotted objects in the sea during the hunt for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, authorities have said.
Indonesian officials said the search team had made the discovery while searching for the jet which stopped communicating with air traffic control over the Java Sea in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It came after air force spokesman Hadi Tjahjanto said searchers were checking a report of an oil slick off the east coast of Belitung island, near where the plane lost contact.
He also said searchers had picked up an emergency locator signal off the south of Borneo island but had been unable to pinpoint it.
Earlier, the chief of Indonesia's search effort Bambang Soelistyo said that the missing AirAsia passenger plane "is likely at the bottom of the sea".
More than a dozen ships have been sent to the area to try to find the aircraft.
Australia, Singapore and Malaysia have deployed planes to assist in the Indonesian-led search.
The UK, France and the US have offered technology to assist in the search for debris, much of which may not be on the surface.
Search teams are currently scouring an area where the sea is 40-50 metres (130-160 feet) deep, Mr Soelistyo told journalists.
Distraught relatives spent the night in the Indonesian city of Surabaya hoping for news of loved ones.
One, who called herself Intan, called on Indonesia to ask for help from other countries, rather than try to carry out the search alone.
She said: "My hope is Indonesia seeks as much help as possible from other countries. Don't claim 'We have sophisticated technology', just ask other countries because they are better equipped.
"My prayer is I really, really hope that there will be news about the people on board. Whatever it is, what is important is we know where they are now."
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the twin-engine aircraft around an hour after it left Surabaya's Juanda international airport at about 5.35am on Sunday local time (10.35pm on Saturday, UK Time).
The flight had been on its way to Singapore and the pilot had asked for permission to fly higher to avoid bad weather but been refused due to heavy traffic in the area.
One Briton was among the 162 on board, with the rest from Indonesia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and France.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott pledged his country would do "whatever it humanly can to assist", but said what had happened was very different to the mystery surrounding the disappearance earlier this year of Malaysian Airlines plane MH370.
A senior Indonesian civil aviation source told Reuters that authorities were waiting for search and rescue teams to find debris before they started their investigation into the cause.
Several storm clouds were along the route of the flight, and Sunday's search for the Airbus A320 was hampered by heavy rain.
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