More than 30 bodies have been found but the majority are thought to be trapped in the plane's fuselage
Search teams have recovered four more bodies from the Java Sea as the hunt to find the main wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 enters a second week.
Search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said 34 bodies have now been found, as well as five large objects.
But bad weather has forced divers to suspend their bid to find the plane's fuselage, where most of the bodies are believed to be trapped.
Mr Soelistyo said on Sunday that Singapore navy vessel RSS Persistence had recovered one body, while US navy ship USS Sampson had brought three more back to the Indonesian town of Pangkalan Bun. Nearly 30 ships are now involved in the search operation, as well as six planes and 14 helicopters.
There were hopes the weather would improve on Sunday, but conditions once again hampered efforts to find the plane's main wreckage.
Search teams found four large objects thought to be debris from the plane on Saturday, with the largest measuring 18m (59ft) by 5.4m, at a depth of 30m.
A fifth object, measuring 9.8m by 1.1m, was located on the seabed on Sunday, Mr Soelistyo told reporters.
Search teams have recovered four more bodies from the Java Sea as the hunt to find the main wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 enters a second week.
Search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said 34 bodies have now been found, as well as five large objects.
But bad weather has forced divers to suspend their bid to find the plane's fuselage, where most of the bodies are believed to be trapped.
The plane, which was carrying 162 people, crashed last Sunday. It was en route from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore. Bad weather is believed to be the biggest factor in the crash although the Airbus A320's "black boxes", or flight data recorders, have yet to be located. Debris thought to be from the AirAsia plane was filmed floating in the sea
Mr Soelistyo said on Sunday that Singapore navy vessel RSS Persistence had recovered one body, while US navy ship USS Sampson had brought three more back to the Indonesian town of Pangkalan Bun. Nearly 30 ships are now involved in the search operation, as well as six planes and 14 helicopters.
There were hopes the weather would improve on Sunday, but conditions once again hampered efforts to find the plane's main wreckage.
Search teams found four large objects thought to be debris from the plane on Saturday, with the largest measuring 18m (59ft) by 5.4m, at a depth of 30m.
A fifth object, measuring 9.8m by 1.1m, was located on the seabed on Sunday, Mr Soelistyo told reporters.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Please Share Your View Here.....
You can comment by using your google account or use the Facebook comment box...