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Indonesia ends search operation of crashed AirAsia plane

Indonesia on February 28 announced the end of the search operation for bodies and wreckage of the crashed AirAsia QZ8501 plane following the retrieval of the final major part of the fuselage of the plane from the sea.
Indonesia on February 28 announced the end of the search operation forbodies and wreckage of the crashed AirAsia QZ8501 plane following theretrieval of the final major part of the fuselage of the plane from thesea.

The rescue team on February 27 successfullypulled the final major part and loaded it onto a ship, according to headof the Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) BambangSoelistyo.

No more bodies were found, he said, confirming the total number of bodies recovered so far is 103.

Earlier, Mardjono Siswosumarno, chief of Indonesia ’s NationalTransport Safety Committee (NTSC), said the committee successfullydownloaded the information from the flight data recorder and the cockpitvoice recorder, which were retrieved on January 13.

The NTSC is expected to conduct the detailed analysis within 12 monthsaccording to the regulations of the International Civil AviationOrganisation (ICAO).

The AirAsia Flight QZ8501crashed into the Java Sea in December 2014, killing all 162passengers and crew members on board.-VNA
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