The mission to recover the crashed AirAsia QZ 8501 aircraft main fuselage from bottom of Java Sea, continued to be hampered by a thunderstor...
Today Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency Basarnas said underwater search has found wreckage that appears to be the aircraft's cockpit and engine along with multiple other objects.
The 30 metre long fuselage and an attached wing was located on the seabed at a depth of 28 meters on Wednesday.
Following failure of underwater search to locate the remaining bodies, Basarnas decided to lift the fuselage out, as rescuers believe that many of the bodies are still inside the fuselage.
Basarnas said its weighing options like tugboat with pontoons, inflatable balloons which was used to lift the tail and crane onboard search ships to lift the massive fuselage.
Underwater images of the fuselage wreckage took by the Remote Operated Vehicle shows the AirAsia's "Now Everyone Can Fly" slogan indicating either the fuselage had collapsed or the airplane rolled left during the impact.
To date, Basarnas has confirmed to have recovered a total of 51 remains of which 45 have been identified by DVI POLRI and 6 are still being identified.
