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| AirAsia families jolted by suddenly seeing live images of body, debris | AirAsia families jolted by suddenly seeing live images of body, debris |
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| After waiting days for news of their loved ones, families of passengers on AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 were jolted Tuesday to suddenly see, without warning, television images of debris and a body in the water. | After waiting days for news of their loved ones, families of passengers on AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 were jolted Tuesday to suddenly see, without warning, television images of debris and a body in the water. |
| According to Agence France-Presse, some relatives waiting in Surabaya, Indonesia, fainted, while others were seen being carried out on stretchers. When a body was shown on television news, some burst into tears. | According to Agence France-Presse, some relatives waiting in Surabaya, Indonesia, fainted, while others were seen being carried out on stretchers. When a body was shown on television news, some burst into tears. |
| The room where they are located at Juanda International Airport is equipped with six widescreen TVs airing a live feed from Indonesian television. | The room where they are located at Juanda International Airport is equipped with six widescreen TVs airing a live feed from Indonesian television. |
| AFP reported one man collapsing and being held up by two others before being carried away on a stretcher. | AFP reported one man collapsing and being held up by two others before being carried away on a stretcher. |
| Added AFP: | Added AFP: |
| A female AirAsia officer shouted at the television media for showing footage of a floating body, while about 200 journalists were barred from the room holding the families, the windows of which were boarded up. “Is it possible for you not to show a picture of the dead? Please do not show a picture of a dead body,” said the officer. “That’s crazy.” Munif, a 50-year-old whose younger brother Siti Rahmah was on the plane, said he had been trying hard to keep the other families calm. “But the atmosphere was very different after the footage of a dead body was shown. Families became hysterical,” he said. “Because everyone was wailing and yelling, I couldn’t deal with it so I decided to leave the room.” | |
| A female AirAsia officer shouted at the television media for showing footage of a floating body, while about 200 journalists were barred from the room holding the families, the windows of which were boarded up. | A female AirAsia officer shouted at the television media for showing footage of a floating body, while about 200 journalists were barred from the room holding the families, the windows of which were boarded up. |
| “Is it possible for you not to show a picture of the dead? Please do not show a picture of a dead body,” said the officer. “That’s crazy.” | “Is it possible for you not to show a picture of the dead? Please do not show a picture of a dead body,” said the officer. “That’s crazy.” |
| Munif, a 50-year-old whose younger brother Siti Rahmah was on the plane, said he had been trying hard to keep the other families calm. | Munif, a 50-year-old whose younger brother Siti Rahmah was on the plane, said he had been trying hard to keep the other families calm. |
| “But the atmosphere was very different after the footage of a dead body was shown. Families became hysterical,” he said. | “But the atmosphere was very different after the footage of a dead body was shown. Families became hysterical,” he said. |
| “Because everyone was wailing and yelling, I couldn’t deal with it so I decided to leave the room.” | “Because everyone was wailing and yelling, I couldn’t deal with it so I decided to leave the room.” |
| Channel News Asia tweeted an apology for showing the images: | Channel News Asia tweeted an apology for showing the images: |
| We apologise for graphic images on our TV feed that were inadvertently shown from a live feed, taken directly from an Indonesian TV station.— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 30, 2014 | We apologise for graphic images on our TV feed that were inadvertently shown from a live feed, taken directly from an Indonesian TV station.— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 30, 2014 |
| We apologise for graphic images on our TV feed that were inadvertently shown from a live feed, taken directly from an Indonesian TV station. | We apologise for graphic images on our TV feed that were inadvertently shown from a live feed, taken directly from an Indonesian TV station. |