Relatives reveal final selfie taken by passenger moments after boarding doomed AirAsia flight.

A selfie taken by a passenger on the doomed AirAsia flight reveals the haunting moment he and three friends patiently await takeoff aboard the plane - which less than an hour later was to crash into the Java Sea, killing all 162 on board.

Indonesian passenger Hendra Gunawan Syawal, 23, is featured in the image with three friends moments after they boarded the flight on December 28.

The image shows the group smiling as they sit in their seats as they wait for takeoff on the flight which crashed about 40 minutes after its departure.

An Indonesian naval patrol vessel has also found what is claimed could be the tail of the missing AirAsia jet - the section of the plane where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located.What a sad way to go.