BREAKING NEWS: Indonesia Has Found the Location of AirAsia Flight QZ8501

Update - Sonar shows Flight QZ8501 at the bottom of the Java Sea


'AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Update' Bodies Recovered and Debris pulled from Sea off Indonesia


Wreckage have been pulled off and 40 bodies have been recovered by Indonesian rescuers searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people, as relatives of those on-board, watching TV footage where pictures of floating bodies were broadcast, broke down in tears. The plane have yet to be found.

"My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ8501," airline boss Tony Fernandes tweeted. "On behalf of AirAsia, my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry I am."

My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences ... http://t.co/OJGobL93cR

— Tony Fernandes (@tonyfernandes) December 30, 2014

The airline ahave invited the family members to Surabaya, "where a dedicated team of care providers will be assigned to each family to ensure that all of their needs are met".

"You have to be strong," the mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, said as she comforted relatives. "They are not ours, they belong to God."

A plane door, oxygen tanks and one body had been recovered and taken away by helicopter for tests, according to a Navy spokesperson.

Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, head of the Search and Rescue Agency, declined to answer questions on whether any survivors had been found. He also told reporters that "The challenge is waves up to three meters high," adding that the search operation would go on all night.

The plane, which did not issue a distress signal, disappeared on sunday after its pilot failed to get permission to fly higher to avoid bad weather because of heavy air traffic.