Crash of Flight AirAsia: only three bodies recovered after dark


Sad task for Indonesian rescuers: they are dead bodies that they went recover Tuesday in Java Sea, amid the debris of AirAsia flight disappeared Sunday with 162 people on board. At nightfall, the three victims, two women and a man had been recovered, not 40 as previously announced in error by a spokesman of the Navy.


Hidden objects gathered in Pangalan Bun on the island of Borneo, where is the nearest airstrip the crash zone, 160 kilometers offshore. A shadow that could be the fuselage of the A320-200 was also found. In the evening, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo addressed the country. "A massive operation recovering debris and bodies begin early Wednesday morning with ships and helicopters, among others," he promised.


For now, for lack of black boxes, the causes of the crash of flight QZ 8501 between the Indonesian city of Surabaya in Singapore remain unknown. The aircraft was released on Sunday morning as radars the captain had just asked permission to gain altitude due to difficult weather. According to the Indonesian Ministry of Transport, the air traffic control would have prohibited it.






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