QZ8501: Body recovered with life-jacket on, speculation begins
Jakarta, Dec 31: Questions were raised after one body from the crashed Air AsiaFlight QZ8501 was recovered on Wednesday with its life jacket on, as informed by Indonesia's search and rescue agency (Basarnas). [My heart is filled with sadness, says AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes]
Sources in the agency said one of the four bodies recovered on Wednesday morning was wearing a life jacket although they refused to speculate what that could mean. [QZ8501: Sonar detects a large, dark object beneath waters]
Meanwhile, fully-clothed bodies suggested that the plane was intact at the time of hitting the water and could have suffered an aerodynamic stall. Aviation experts said that the debris of the flight seemed fairly contained which suggested that the plane broke up into pieces only after hitting the water.
The rescue authorities are believed to have found the wreckage of the crashed aircraft on the ocean bed off Borneo after sonar tracked a large, dark object beneath waters where the debris and bodies were seen floating on the water surface.
Flight QZ8501 disappeared soon after taking off from Surabaya in Indonesia for Singapore and could not be traced. The pilots of the plane had sought permission from the Indonesian air traffic control due to bad weather and the plane lost control thereafter. A massive search operation was launched to trace the aircraft.
On
Tuesday,
bodies
and
debris
from
the
crashed
aircraft
were
spotted
and
the
recovery
mission
took
off.
Airbus,
the
world's
leading
aircraft
manufacturer
said
the
Indian
authorities
had
informed
them
about
locating
the
accident
site
and
and
the
company
expressed
sympathy
for
all
those
who
were
affected
by
the
tragedy.
Meanwhile, the USA pledged additional aid to search for the missing AirAsia aircraft. High waves and wind were causing immense difficulty for the rescue officials in continuing with the search operation.
Oneindia News