AirAsia search steps up

  • 9 years ago
PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3

Indonesia says it's set to intensify the search for wreckage and bodies from AirAsia flight QZ8501 despite worsening weather conditions.

Three more bodies have been found, bringing the total to six by 0300GMT on Wednesday.

A disaster victim identification centre's operating at Surabaya airport from where the aircraft took off on Sunday.

Divers are on standby to begin an underwater search of the shallower waters where it's believed the plane now lies.

Helicopter searches have been suspended because of the bad weather.

About 30 ships and 21 aircraft from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and the U.S. are involved in the search.

The Airbus A320-200 was carrying 162 passengers and crew when it vanished without sending out a distress signal.

Contact was lost when the pilot asked to alter course from 32, 000 feet to 38, 000 to avoid bad weather.

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