At least six bodies have
been found and at least three recovered in the search for missing
AirAsia Flight QZ8501, Indonesian officials and media say.
The bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the
Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo, in one of the search zones
for the plane.
One official said the debris was 95% likely to be from the missing aircraft.
The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 people from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday.
The search operation is now in its third day, with the area widened to cover 13 zones over land and sea.
During a news conference by the head of the operation, shown
live on Indonesian TV, pictures of the debris were shown including a
body floating on the water.
Relatives of passengers on the plane watching the pictures were visibly shocked.
Later, reports from officials and media in Pangkalan Bun, a
nearby town in Central Kalimantan province, said six bodies had been
found and at least three recovered.
AFP news agency later quoted the navy as saying that as many
as 40 had been retrieved by one warship, saying the rescuers were "very
busy now".
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes tweeted
to the families: "My heart is filled with sadness for all the families
involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences."
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