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| AirAsia QZ8501: Search teams find more bodies at sea | AirAsia QZ8501: Search teams find more bodies at sea |
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| More bodies have been recovered from the Java Sea, five days after AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed, bringing the total found so far to 30, Indonesian rescue officials say. | More bodies have been recovered from the Java Sea, five days after AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed, bringing the total found so far to 30, Indonesian rescue officials say. |
| The Airbus A320 disappeared with 162 people on board while flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore. | The Airbus A320 disappeared with 162 people on board while flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore. |
| Operations to recover victims continue but no survivors have been found. | Operations to recover victims continue but no survivors have been found. |
| Specialist equipment has arrived to aid the search for the plane itself and its "black box" flight recorders. | Specialist equipment has arrived to aid the search for the plane itself and its "black box" flight recorders. |
| However officials said it could not be used on Friday because of high waves, Reuters reported. | However officials said it could not be used on Friday because of high waves, Reuters reported. |
| The plane is almost certainly at the bottom of the relatively shallow Java Sea. | The plane is almost certainly at the bottom of the relatively shallow Java Sea. |
| The cause of the crash is not known yet. | The cause of the crash is not known yet. |
| In another development, it has emerged that AirAsia did not have official permission to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route on Sunday - the day of the crash - but was licensed on four other days of the week. | In another development, it has emerged that AirAsia did not have official permission to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route on Sunday - the day of the crash - but was licensed on four other days of the week. |
| The Indonesian authorities are suspending the company's flights on this route with immediate effect pending an investigation, a transport ministry statement said. | The Indonesian authorities are suspending the company's flights on this route with immediate effect pending an investigation, a transport ministry statement said. |
| 'Strapped in seats' | 'Strapped in seats' |
| "As of now, the results that I can confirm for you are that the number of dead bodies recovered is 30," the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, Bambang Soelistyo, said on Friday. | |
| Some were reportedly still strapped into their seats when they were found. | |
| The aircraft's fuselage has still not been located, and it is thought most of the passengers could be inside. | The aircraft's fuselage has still not been located, and it is thought most of the passengers could be inside. |
| "Waves were between three and four metres today, making it difficult to load bodies onto ships and [move them] between ships," Bambang Soelistyo told reporters. | |
| Some vessels would search through the night, he added. "Tonight we are sending tug boats which should make the [body] transfers easier." | |
| He estimated the fuselage was at a depth of about 25-30m (80-100ft). | He estimated the fuselage was at a depth of about 25-30m (80-100ft). |
| After bodies are recovered from the sea they are transported in numbered coffins for identification in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city. | |
| Four people have been identified so far: Hayati Lutfiah Hamid, Grayson Herbert Linaksita, Kevin Alexander Soetjipto and Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi. | |
| Ms Fauzi was a flight attendant with AirAsia. A statement from the airline said the company's boss, Tony Fernandes, flew to Palembang - on the island of Sumatra - on Friday to officially hand over Ms Fauzi's remains and attended her burial. | |
| Mr Fernandes earlier tweeted: "I cannot describe how I feel. There are no words." | Mr Fernandes earlier tweeted: "I cannot describe how I feel. There are no words." |
| Several pieces of debris have been recovered, including what is thought to be part of a wing flap. | Several pieces of debris have been recovered, including what is thought to be part of a wing flap. |
| The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Pangkalan Bun - the town in southern Borneo closest to the search area - says there is a growing sense among search teams that their task is going to be harder than initially thought. | |
| Bad weather and churning seas have dashed hopes of finding the plane visually, he says, and teams will now be relying on scans of the sea floor. | Bad weather and churning seas have dashed hopes of finding the plane visually, he says, and teams will now be relying on scans of the sea floor. |
| Mr Soelistyo said wreckage and bodies were spread over a 5km area of the Java Sea. | |
| The search is focussed on an area of 1,575 nautical square miles off Borneo. | |
| 'Unbelievably steep climb' | 'Unbelievably steep climb' |
| There were 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one infant, along with two pilots and five crew, on the plane - the majority Indonesian. | There were 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one infant, along with two pilots and five crew, on the plane - the majority Indonesian. |
| Some investigators are reported to believe that the plane may have gone into an aerodynamic stall as the pilot climbed steeply to avoid a storm. | Some investigators are reported to believe that the plane may have gone into an aerodynamic stall as the pilot climbed steeply to avoid a storm. |
| Officials have said the plane was travelling at 32,000ft when it requested to climb to 38,000ft to avoid bad weather. | Officials have said the plane was travelling at 32,000ft when it requested to climb to 38,000ft to avoid bad weather. |
| When air traffic controllers consented to allow it to climb to 34,000ft a few minutes later, they got no reply. | When air traffic controllers consented to allow it to climb to 34,000ft a few minutes later, they got no reply. |
| A source quoted by Reuters said that radar data appeared to show that the aircraft's "unbelievably" steep climb may have been beyond the Airbus A320's limits. | A source quoted by Reuters said that radar data appeared to show that the aircraft's "unbelievably" steep climb may have been beyond the Airbus A320's limits. |
| However, the unnamed source emphasised that more information was needed before a definitive conclusion could be reached. | However, the unnamed source emphasised that more information was needed before a definitive conclusion could be reached. |
| AirAsia previously had an excellent safety record, with no fatal accidents involving its aircraft. | AirAsia previously had an excellent safety record, with no fatal accidents involving its aircraft. |
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