6 bodies recovered from AirAsia jet
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INDONESIAN divers yesterday found six bodies near the fuselage of an AirAsia jet that crashed last month into the Java Sea, but were unable to enter the wreckage where most of the victims are believed to be trapped, a navy official said.
Days of rough weather and poor visibility have hampered navy divers’ efforts to recover bodies and lift the main part of the plane off the sea bed.
“It was very dark, visibility was very limited so our diving teams could not enter,” Rear Admiral Widodo, commander of the navy’s western fleet, told reporters aboard the warship KRI Banda Aceh. “However, we still predict we can evacuate all the bodies from there.”
Widodo said rescuers expected to attach air bags to the fuselage to lift it by today.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board the Airbus A320.
A search operation has recovered 59 bodies and located both “black box” flight recorders.
Foul play has been ruled out.
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