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muriel_volestrangler

(101,314 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 08:41 AM Jan 2015

AirAsia plane 'fuselage located' - officials

Source: BBC

The main body of the crashed AirAsia plane has been located and photographed in the Java Sea, say officials.

Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen posted pictures taken by a Singaporean search robot on his Facebook page.

He said the words painted on the side of the wreckage confirmed the plane was flight QZ8501.
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Dozens of bodies have been found but many of the passengers and crew are thought to still be inside the plane, which made finding the fuselage so important.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30813420

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AirAsia plane 'fuselage located' - officials (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 OP
CNN will be elated. progressoid Jan 2015 #1
I am glad for the families. eom uppityperson Jan 2015 #2
They've done a good job in location and the recovery. SoapBox Jan 2015 #3

SoapBox

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3. They've done a good job in location and the recovery.
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 03:10 PM
Jan 2015

If anything was good in this tragedy, it's that the crash took place in relatively shallow water.

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