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AirAsia crash: Rescue operation on

Wednesday, 31 December 2014


Divers and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters off the coast of Borneo. Aviation experts believe the fuselage may be easily found as the aircraft probably only broke up when it hit the water. Neil Hansford, a former pilot and chairman of consultancy firm Strategic Aviation Solutions, said the fact that the debris appears fairly contained suggests the aircraft broke up when it hit the water, rather than in the air. The Airbus A320-200 aircraft, carrying 162 people, mostly Indonesians, was going to Singapore when it crashed. No survivors have been found. Indonesian President Joko Widodo said his priority was getting bodies off the bottom of the Karimata Strait in the Java Sea, where rescuers retrieved a plane door and other debris on Tuesday, so victims could be identified, according to a news agency.