Wreckage of Missing AirAsia Airbus A 320 Flight # QZ 8501 Jet Found by Searchers in the Java Sea
Wreckage and several bodies from the missing AirAsia Airbus A 320 jet were last night found by searchers in the Java Sea - but there were no reports of survivors. "God blessed us today," National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference. "At 12.50 the Air Force Hercules found an object described as a shadow at the bottom of the sea in the form of a Aircraft," he said. But hopes of finding survivors were dashed. At least three bodies had been recovered from the ocean last night, and others were seen near floating debris, some of which resembled an Aircraft door and emergency slide. The bodies had been taken to an Indonesian navy ship, the Associated Press reported. Air Force Hercules C130 co-Pilot Lieutenant Tri Wibowo, who flew on a search mission over the area, told kompass.com he saw dozens of floating bodies as well as passenger luggage and Aircraft debris. "We thought that the passengers were still aliv...