AirAsia plane wreckage and bodies found
At 3:00 p.m. on December 30, several bodies were discovered in the area where debris was confirmed by the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency to be emergency slides and the door of Flight QZ8501. The bodies were taken to an Indonesian navy ship.
AP said several bodies were discovered and were transferred to an Indonesian navy ship.
Bambang Sulistyo, head of Basarnas, said at 12:50 (local time), an Indonesian air force Hercules aircraft detected a dark area under the sea believed to be in the shape of an aircraft.
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All the debris has been collected and transported to the town of Pangkalanbun. The Indonesian rescue chief told Kompas TV that "95 percent of the debris found is from QZ8501".
Search teams are working day and night, despite conditions on the ground, the head of Basarnas said.
Basarnas said the area where the debris was found was 20 to 25 metres deep and would dispatch divers.
"According to information from the scene, it is debris from the plane's emergency exit," said the head of Barsanas.
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Indonesian search and rescue officials are preparing for the worst and moving body bags to Pangkal Bun, Kalimantan province, near the area where suspected plane debris was found.
According to BBC, relatives of passengers on QZ8501 are in Surabaya hoping the debris is not from the missing plane.
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