A Singaporean navy ship has found the crashed AirAsia plane’s fuselage, a 30-metre long section with a wing attached, in the Java Sea, authorities said.

Priority is to recover more bodies from Java Sea amid fears that time is running out, writes Achmad Ibrahim.

Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle have spotted the tail of the missing AirAsia plane in the Java Sea, the first confirmed sighting of any wreckage 11 days after Flight 8501 disappeared with 162 people on board.

Weather hinders divers’ bid to identify sunken wreckage

Divers are grappling with rain and rolling waves as they try to reach what is believed to be the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501, resting on the ocean floor near four other large objects.

Indonesian officials have said that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the ocean floor.

Indonesia's search and rescue chief said today he was "confident" two large objects detected under the Java Sea were the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501.

After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains have more than tripled the number of bodies pulled from the Java Sea, some still strapped to their seats.

Search crews have recovered 30 bodies from the AirAsia plane crash, and an Indonesian navy official says five were found still strapped in their seats.

The investigation into the AirAsia crash has turned to the sea floor, with more sonar equipment and metal detectors deployed today to scour the seabed for wreckage, including the plane’s black boxes.

More ships loaded with sensitive equipment have arrived to search for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and more than 150 people still missing, five days after the aircraft crashed into the sea.

A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea, with six bodies, including a flight attendant identified by her trademark red uniform, recovered.

Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman.

A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search.

AN Indonesian military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed and burst into flames in East Java yesterday, killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground, officials said.