40 bodies have been recovered in the search for the missing AirAsia plane

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Bodies Found In AirAsia Missing Plane Search

JAKARTA: -- Forty bodies have been recovered in the search for the missing AirAsia plane and a "shadow" has been spotted on the seabed.

The bodies - which were not wearing life jackets - have been brought on board a navy ship, said Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi.

Local television broadcast pictures of the bodies floating in the sea.

"At 12:50 the air force Hercules found an object described as a shadow at the bottom of the sea in the form of a plane," said Mr Supriyadi.

A navy spokesman added: "The warship Bung Tomo has retrieved 40 bodies and the number is growing. They are very busy now."

They were found in the Java Sea, about six miles (10km) from where the plane last communicated with air traffic control.

Officials also confirmed that large items spotted earlier, including items resembling a plane door and an emergency slide, were part of the plane.

AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said he was rushing to the scene and wrote on Twitter: "My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501.

"On behalf of AirAsia my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry I am."

The Airbus A320-200 disappeared from radar on Sunday on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore.

There were 162 passengers on board, including one British man, Chi Man Choi, and his two-year-old daughter.

The aircraft's last request - to climb higher to avoid a storm - was turned down. Minutes later it fell off the radar.

Some 30 ships and 21 aircraft from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia have been scouring 10,000 nautical miles in the search for the plane.

Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1399627/bodies-found-in-airasia-missing-plane-search

-- sky NEWS 2014-12-30

[sunshine51]

Over 40 bodies recovered at sea as debris pulled from AirAsia crash site

INDONESIA: -- More than 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea near to where AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing, according to the Indonesian navy, which is helping lead the search.

Officials coming off a search flight this afternoon said they had spotted several bodies, which were taken to a navy ship, while a spotter plane crew said they had seen a "shadow" on the seabed believed to be the missing plane.

Debris floating on the Java Sea's surface have also been photographed. A navy spokesman said a plane door and oxygen tanks had been recovered and taken away by helicopter for tests.


-- scmp.com 2014-12-30
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1670659/search-area-ill-fated-airasia-flight-expanded-more-countries-send-ships

Edited December 30, 2014 by Scott
Edited for fair use

[steven100]

very very sad news ...... my thoughts are for the families of those missing and all those on board .....

very tragic event unfolding here .... god bless all their hearts & give them strength to get through this horrible accident.

I believe one lady had five or six family members on board .... just unthinkable to lose so many loved ones. May God & Buddha bless her future ....

RIP ..

Edited December 30, 2014 by steven100

[BuddhistVirus]

Rest in peace...

Condolences to family members and friends of the departed.

[siampolee]

Tragic as that clip is at least some of the families have a body and funeral rites can be conducted for those who plainly feel the need for them either as a religious matter or as an ending and a farewell to a loved ones life.

[Beetlejuice]

Shocking. What a horrible way to die and a terrible way to end up.

My heartfelt sympathies go out to the families of the dead.

[krisb]

Like it just fell out of the sky.

[Basil B]

They have already retrieved 40 bodies, hope they are able to find many more as this is at least something for the families, hope it will help them to bring closure.

seams most of the stuff is in a confined area, with Lockerbie it was spread over 400 Km² so must have broke up on impact with the water.

Edited December 30, 2014 by Basil B

[Patsycat]

How terribly terribly sad.

RIP.

[RigPig]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

[JOC]

Followed it on TV.

Hate the media!! Grieving relatives getting cameras and microphones right in their faces!!

What about showing some respect for their right to privacy??

Edited December 30, 2014 by JOC

[draftvader]

A conclusion and now the possibility for answers. Thoughts with those left to grieve.

[steven100]

“My heart will be totally crushed if it’s true. I will lose a son,” said 60-year-old Dwijanto.

this really brought a tear to my eye ...... just tragic news .. RIP ..

[wooloomooloo]

Very sad indeed.

[Mosha]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

There was a report on BBC earlier, and I thought I caught a glimpse of a body in a life jacket. However they cut away from showing it.

[uptheos]

Followed it on TV.

Hate the media!! Grieving relatives getting cameras and microphones right in their faces!!

What about showing some respect for their right to privacy??

They do it for those who are following it on TV.

Terrible tragedy, I hope the grieving families can get some closure.

[chiang mai]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

There was a report on BBC earlier, and I thought I caught a glimpse of a body in a life jacket. However they cut away from showing it.

There's some overly graphic video out of Jakarta and posted on youtube showing a helo. winch-man descending towards a floating lifeless female, I don';t understand why she was clad in underwear only, seems she was preparing for a swim in the hope that help would arrive, it's all very tragic..

[krisb]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

There was a report on BBC earlier, and I thought I caught a glimpse of a body in a life jacket. However they cut away from showing it.

Video in the op.

[Brahim the one]

May those people rest in peace and hopefully some people made it thanks to their life jackets.

[draftvader]

I'm confused. I have just seen images of a near naked person from the crash site. How could that happen unless the person had taken their clothes off? I've got a horrible feeling that the people they are finding made it out. Could this mean that there are some alive? I am finding it hard to say this as the plane has been discovered SO close to the last known point of contact but I am puzzled to find a person nearly naked, an emergency raft/slide and a door.

[Mosha]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

There was a report on BBC earlier, and I thought I caught a glimpse of a body in a life jacket. However they cut away from showing it.

Video in the op.

Not what BBC showed.

[Prbkk]

I'm confused. I have just seen images of a near naked person from the crash site. How could that happen unless the person had taken their clothes off? I've got a horrible feeling that the people they are finding made it out. Could this mean that there are some alive? I am finding it hard to say this as the plane has been discovered SO close to the last known point of contact but I am puzzled to find a person nearly naked, an emergency raft/slide and a door.

Typically clothes are torn off in the deceleration at extreme forces...(CI crash Taipei-Hong Kong a case it point, although it came apart at altitude).

Edited December 30, 2014 by Prbkk

[krisb]

I'm confused. I have just seen images of a near naked person from the crash site. How could that happen unless the person had taken their clothes off? I've got a horrible feeling that the people they are finding made it out. Could this mean that there are some alive? I am finding it hard to say this as the plane has been discovered SO close to the last known point of contact but I am puzzled to find a person nearly naked, an emergency raft/slide and a door.

Wearing a dress and hit the water at several hundred km/hr.

[smedly]

if the plane floats on the surface for a short time then there is a chance people may have survived escaping through emergency exits but if the hull was breached then no chance of getting out as water rushes in and seals the exits while it is sinking, if it was completely split open then a chance to get out before it sinks beyond about 30 meters - after 30 meters very few if anyone could make it to the surface, that is of course assuming if anyone survives the crash impact

A very distressing situation for all concerned

Edited December 30, 2014 by smedly

[draftvader]

I'm confused. I have just seen images of a near naked person from the crash site. How could that happen unless the person had taken their clothes off? I've got a horrible feeling that the people they are finding made it out. Could this mean that there are some alive? I am finding it hard to say this as the plane has been discovered SO close to the last known point of contact but I am puzzled to find a person nearly naked, an emergency raft/slide and a door.

Typically clothes are torn off in the deceleration at extreme forces...

Just the top layer?

[krisb]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

There was a report on BBC earlier, and I thought I caught a glimpse of a body in a life jacket. However they cut away from showing it.

Video in the op.

Not what BBC showed.

No ones survived this if that's what you are thinking?

[Seastallion]

QUOTE :

"The Jawa Post reported that a body in a white T-shirt and orange life jacket had been identified, while Kompas TV quoted the co-pilot of a spotter aircraft as saying that floating objects resembled humans, suitcases and aircraft debris."

Sounds like some of them may have made it out, in which case how many may have been saved if not for the initial delays?

Poor souls.

Yes, some may have made it. I thought this at the first report of a life jacket and a bouyancy vest being spotted, and the aircraft's slide. It means they opened the doors and some got out. The woman in the video appears to have stripped down for a swim.

In the face of at least 40 deaths, at least others may be alive.

[Prbkk]

I'm confused. I have just seen images of a near naked person from the crash site. How could that happen unless the person had taken their clothes off? I've got a horrible feeling that the people they are finding made it out. Could this mean that there are some alive? I am finding it hard to say this as the plane has been discovered SO close to the last known point of contact but I am puzzled to find a person nearly naked, an emergency raft/slide and a door.

Typically clothes are torn off in the deceleration at extreme forces...

Just the top layer?

As I undestand it, it depends on a number of factors, seat location included. In some crashed a number of victims have remained fully clothed, while other partly or completely bare

[Prbkk]

Really, I do hope that no one survived the impact only to die in the water...too awful to contemplate

[sunshine51]

@ Draftvader....

Many times when someone clothed exits an aircraft or any fast moving vehicle their clothes are ripped away by the wind...say in exsess of 500 knots initially. When you see skydivers exiting an aircraft & falling they're wearing a type of jumpsuit...the wind doesn't rip those off easily & they're not exiting any faster than perhaps less than 200mph...or slower. Next time you're in a car doing 100kmh wearing a long sleeve shirt...put your arm out the window finger tips first & see what happens! That's only at 100 kmh...add a few hunderd and stuff happens.