Divers hunt for victims in crashed AirAsia jet's main body
An expert team of 15 Indonesian divers explored the main hull of the
AirAsia jet that crashed last month, hoping to recover the bulk of the
disaster's victims, on January 15, a day after it was finally located by
a navy ship.
An expert team of 15 Indonesian divers explored the main hull of the
AirAsia jet that crashed last month, hoping to recover the bulk of the
disaster's victims, on January 15, a day after it was finally located by
a navy ship.
The fuselage is attached to part of a wing, with the total wreckage measuring nearly 30 metres long.
National search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said divers will try to retrieve bodies from the wreckage while it is still on the seabed, with an additional 100 divers at the ready to assist in the recovery.
Head of the National Transportation Safety Committee Tatang Kurniadi said that 174 hours of data had been successfully downloaded from the flight data recorder, and two hours and four minutes from the cockpit voice recorder. The data must be converted into a usable format before the lengthy analysis process can begin.
AirAsia flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board.
Only 50 bodies have been recovered so far, 36 of which have been identified.-VNA
The fuselage is attached to part of a wing, with the total wreckage measuring nearly 30 metres long.
National search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said divers will try to retrieve bodies from the wreckage while it is still on the seabed, with an additional 100 divers at the ready to assist in the recovery.
Head of the National Transportation Safety Committee Tatang Kurniadi said that 174 hours of data had been successfully downloaded from the flight data recorder, and two hours and four minutes from the cockpit voice recorder. The data must be converted into a usable format before the lengthy analysis process can begin.
AirAsia flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board.
Only 50 bodies have been recovered so far, 36 of which have been identified.-VNA
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