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Debris And Bodies Recovered From Scene Of Crashed AirAsia Flight

December 30, 2014

Indonesian officials have recovered debris and several bodies of passengers on the crashed flight QZ8501 around the crash site.

At least forty bodies have been recovered by search and rescue teams around Karimata straights Southwest of Pangkalan Bun in the Borneo province of Central Kalimantan.

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Rescue teams also found one of the emergency doors of the plane in addition to aluminium cuttings.  The debris and bodies were found some 10 kilometers from the scene of the last contact with the plane.
 

The airAsia Airbus A320-200 aircraft was carrying 162 people is believed to have crashed after running into bad weather.