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AirAsia Black Box Recovery Might Take a week - Investigators

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Helicopter brings ashore two more bodies from crashed AirAsia flight
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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