Bodies And Debris From AirAsia Flight QZ-8501 Found

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Officials have confirmed that bodies and debris from AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ-8051 were spotted off the coast of the island of Borneo on Tuesday. UPI reports:

The body of a woman was recovered but search and rescue workers failed to recover a second body due to large waves, CNN reports.

The bodies will be taken to hospitals in the city of Surabaya for identification.

Aircraft debris was found in the Karimata Strait about 110 nautical miles south west from the Pangkalan Bun, AirAsia confirmed.

The shadow of what looked like a plane and an emergency exit door appeared to be discovered in the nearly 100,000 square mile search zone, Bambang Sulistyo, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, said.

All resources are relocating to where the debris was located, about six miles away from the aircraft’s last known location.

Family members cried and some fainted as they watched a live news conference that showed debris from the plane and what appeared to be a body.

AirAsia flight QZ-8501 was flying to Singapore when it disappeared on Sunday after the pilots requested a flight plan change due to bad weather. The plane was carrying 162 people, mostly Indonesians.