AirAsia flight QZ8501

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More Bodies, Wreckage, Recovered From AirAsia Flight

3:02pm January 04, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Search-and-rescue teams have recovered another four bodies from the Java Sea, bringing the number to 34 from the crash of Flight QZ8501, which was carrying 162 passengers when it went down a week ago.

Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency carry coffins containing bodies of the victims aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 to transfer to Surabaya at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, on Friday. Officials say 30 bodies have been recovered so far.

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30 Bodies Recovered From AirAsia Wreckage, Officials Say

1:04pm January 03, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Twenty-one other bodies were pulled from the Java Sea near Borneo. The Airbus A320 crashed Saturday with 162 passengers and crew aboard.

Indonesian Navy personnel carry a body bag from AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed off the coast of Indonesian Borneo a week ago.

Large Objects Found In Java Sea Believed To Be AirAsia Jet

1:02pm January 03, 2015

Bad weather continues to hamper the search for bodies, but the chief search official says a remotely operated vehicle has found parts of the missing jet that crashed last Sunday.

A relative weeps during the handover of the body of Hayati Lutfiah Hamid, one of the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, to her family at the police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on Thursday.

Family Buries First Victim Of AirAsia Plane Crash

1:29pm January 01, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Authorities returned the remains of Hayati Lutfiah Hamid to her family in a ceremony in Indonesia. It's the first of many more to come.

An Indonesian police officer in Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun carries part of a plane found floating on the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared on Sunday.

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A Break In Weather Allows Search For AirAsia Jet To Resume

1:34am January 01, 2015

by Martha Ann Overland

Blue skies and calmer seas mean divers can enter the water to look for bodies. Also a source close to the investigation says radar shows the jet climbed steeply before crashing into the Java Sea.

Indonesian soldiers carry a coffin containing a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 upon arrival at Indonesian Military Air Force base in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

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Weather Hampers AirAsia Search; Sonar May Have Found Parts Of Plane

8:15am December 31, 2014

by Martha Ann Overland

Sonar may have located parts of the AirAsia flight that disappeared Sunday over the Java Sea with 162 people on board. Recovery teams have now pulled at least seven bodies from the choppy waters.

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U.S. Warship Joins Hunt For Missing Plane

1:13am December 30, 2014

by Martha Ann Overland

The search for AirAsia jet is now into its third day with no solid leads. The hunt has expanded to new areas and includes naval ships as well as local fishermen.

A crew of an Indonesian air force C-130 airplane of the 31st Air Squadron looks out the window during the search for AirAsia Flight 8501 over the waters of Karimata Strait in Indonesia on Monday.

Still No Signs Of Missing AirAsia Airplane As Indonesia Seeks U.S. Help

6:33pm December 29, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

As the search for the missing airliner entered its second day, Indonesia's vice president said he feared the worst. Authorities said, the search are would be expanded on Tuesday.