Tragic AirAsia flight QZ8501 detected 'upside down' on the sea bed
THE wreckage of doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been detected “upside down” on the sea bed, it emerged yesterday.
Sonar images were said to have revealed its positioning, as a seventh body was recovered from the crash.
It came as two coffins - carrying a teenage boy and an adult woman - arrived in Indonesia for a tragic homecoming.
Marked simply 001 and 002, they were carried from a military plane by soldiers at Juanda Airport in Surabaya.
Of the seven recovered, four are male and three female. They have yet to be formally identified.
One was a uniformed flight attendant on the jet, which disappeared on Sunday with 162 people on board.
Indonesia’s search and rescue team said the seventh body was wearing a life jacket - suggesting passengers will have been aware the plane was going to crash and prepared for a water landing.
It means those on board - including Brit businessman Chi Man Choi and his daughter Zoe, two - had time before the plane plunged into the sea.
Some of the bodies found were fully clothed, which could indicate the Airbus A320-200 was in tact when it hit the water.
Three victims were said to be holding hands when they were discovered.
Indonesian authorities said they believed they had found the plane upside down on the sea bed around 30 metres below the surface of the water.
Search chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said underwater sonar had identified what appeared to be large parts of the aircraft.
While two bodies were flown into Juanda airport, five others were said to be on a ship heading to a harbour in Indonesia.
Strong winds and two-metre waves last night slowed down the search for bodies and debris, with helicopters mostly grounded and divers unable to enter the waters.
The weather is forecast to get worse in the coming days, prompting one official to say bodies could be washed up on beaches.
“It seems all the wreckage found has drifted more than 50km from yesterday’s location,” Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi said.
THE wreckage of doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been detected “upside down” on the sea bed, it emerged yesterday.
Sonar images were said to have revealed its positioning, as a seventh body was recovered from the crash.
It came as two coffins - carrying a teenage boy and an adult woman - arrived in Indonesia for a tragic homecoming.
Marked simply 001 and 002, they were carried from a military plane by soldiers at Juanda Airport in Surabaya.
Of the seven recovered, four are male and three female. They have yet to be formally identified.
One was a uniformed flight attendant on the jet, which disappeared on Sunday with 162 people on board.
Indonesia’s search and rescue team said the seventh body was wearing a life jacket - suggesting passengers will have been aware the plane was going to crash and prepared for a water landing.
It means those on board - including Brit businessman Chi Man Choi and his daughter Zoe, two - had time before the plane plunged into the sea.
Some of the bodies found were fully clothed, which could indicate the Airbus A320-200 was in tact when it hit the water.
Three victims were said to be holding hands when they were discovered.
Indonesian authorities said they believed they had found the plane upside down on the sea bed around 30 metres below the surface of the water.
Search chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said underwater sonar had identified what appeared to be large parts of the aircraft.
While two bodies were flown into Juanda airport, five others were said to be on a ship heading to a harbour in Indonesia.
Strong winds and two-metre waves last night slowed down the search for bodies and debris, with helicopters mostly grounded and divers unable to enter the waters.
The weather is forecast to get worse in the coming days, prompting one official to say bodies could be washed up on beaches.
“It seems all the wreckage found has drifted more than 50km from yesterday’s location,” Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi said.
Tragic AirAsia flight QZ8501 detected 'upside down' on the sea bed
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