In Java Sea, the research teams have so far recovered 30 bodies and debris from the plane of AirAsia. The bad weather conditions do not facilitate their work.
The aircraft disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff Sunday in the Indonesian city of Surabaya. 162 people were on board.
The recovered bodies were transferred to Surabaya. It was here that takes place the painful work of identification, in presence of the victims' families.
Many of the remains have been identified. The first funeral took place on Thursday.
Parallel to mourn, there are the questions about the circumstances of the air crash. According to the first elements of the investigation, the Airbus pilots wanted to avoid a violent storm that was on their itinerary. The contact was broken at the time. The unit he was a technical problem? A he actually managed to land on water and sank, as suggested by some clues?
Many experts are involved in the research. Among them, the French Bureau of Investigation and Analysis ( ). They are fitted with hydrophones for detecting particular signals from the black boxes.
