JAKARTA: A US warship Tuesday joined an expanded search for an AirAsia passenger plane missing off Indonesia as the pilot's last words to air traffic control were revealed.

The recording shows the pilot wanted to avoid a menacing storm system before all communication was lost, an Indonesian air safety official said.

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