A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 has become the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family, one of many painful reunions to come, as searchers struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still missing.

An AirAsia flight attendant identified by the name tag on her red uniform has become the first victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 to be returned to her family.

Surabaya, Indonesia

Search officials in Indonesia say a body recovered from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket.

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.

AirAsia has confirmed that the debris found in the sea is from its Airbus A320 aircraft, with which air traffic controllers lost contact on Sunday.

Six bodies from the AirAsia flight which disappeared on Sunday have been spotted off the coast of Borneo, and three have been recovered, Indonesian officials said today.

Several bodies have been found floating in the sea near where a missing AirAsia flight was last seen, Indonesian officials have said.

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.

Several pieces of debris have been spotted floating in the sea off Borneo island, possibly linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said.

Objects have been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for a missing AirAsia jet, an Indonesian official has said.