Indonesian
search officials have now confirmed they have located the fuselage of
AirAsia flight 8501 on sonar radar, upside down on the sea floor.
Officials
from Basarnas, Indonesia's search and rescue agency, say the plane
wreckage has been located in 24 to 30 metres of water and one of the six
confirmed recovered bodies was wearing a life jacket.
Before darkness fell in the area, search teams had also identified a shadow that they believed to be the plane's fuselage.
Many
of the remaining victims are thought likely to still be on board the
aircraft but wind, strong currents and high surf has hampered recovery
efforts on Wednesday as distraught family members anxiously waited to
identify their loved ones.
It
comes amid revelations from a pilot involved in the search, that three
people killed on the AirAsia flight were holding hands when their bodies
were spotted floating in the Java sea off Indonesia.
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