Investigators say that
AirAsia could take a week to recover the Flight QZ8501’s black box as bad
weather continues to hamper the search.
The AirBus A320-200
disappeared from the control tower with 162 passengers on Sunday after travelling
halfway to its destination, Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya.
Two more bodies have
been recovered from the Java Sea, off Borneo, bringing the total to 10. They
were taken to Surabaya where distraught
relatives have gathered to identify the dead.
Searches on
Thursday spanned an area of 5,200 square miles and involved 19 ships, four
helicopters and five planes, said Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, head of
Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency.
A pilot has
spotted a large shadow in the sea, which may be the wreckage, but the sighting
is not yet confirmed.
"Until now, there
hasn't been a confirmed finding or sonar image of the plane body
underwater," Mr Soelistyo said.
Ten bodies have so far
been found; also were debris including suitcases, an emergency slide, a
lifejacket and part of an AirAsia trolley have been recovered from waters near
the suspected crash site.
The aircraft was
believed to have stalled while making an “unbelievable” climb evading a storm.
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