AirAsia bodies taken from sea still in seats

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.

AirAsia bodies taken from sea still in seats

Of the 30 bodies recovered so far, 21 were found yesterday, many of them by a US Navy ship, according to officials.

The Airbus A320 carrying 162 passengers and crew went down last Sunday, halfway into a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, to Singapore.

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