AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Plane Crash In Java Sea!


More than 40 bodies from the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 have been found along with debris, authorities have confirmed. A navy spokesman says an Indonesian warship has recovered the bodies from the sea during the search.

According to news.com.au, “based on the navy radio, it has been reported that the warship Bung Tomo has retrieved 40 bodies and the number is growing. They are very busy now,” Manahan Simorangkir said. Some bodies did not have life jackets on.

Indonesian officials have confirmed that debris spotted earlier today is from the missing plane. The debris is about 10 kilometres from when it was last seen on radar.

The plane, with 155 passengers and seven crew, was less than an hour into a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore when it is believed to have encountered a violent thunderstorm. Its pilots requested a change of flight path due to bad weather, just minutes before contact was lost.

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