Indonesian navy divers were trying to find and retrieve bodies Thursday believed to be trapped inside a large chunk of the AirAsia jet's fuselage, an official said.
Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said the fuselage, which was spotted Wednesday by a Singaporean navy ship, would be lifted from the seabed after the search for bodies was no longer considered effective.
The 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) section of the plane body with a wing attached was sighted on the bottom of the Java Sea. Rescuers believe that most of the bodies of the 162 people on board are inside. Read more...
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