Update on missing AirAsia jet: 40 bodies & debris of jet found floating in sea

Indonesian officials said they have found 40 dead bodies, luggages, a plane door, and an emergency slide floating in the water off the coast of Borneo Island, Karimata straights Southwest of Pangkalan Bun in the Borneo province of Central Kalimantan. they said all debris and luggages are from the AirAsia flight QZ8501 that disappeared two days ago after losing communications with control tower due to storm clouds.

Out of the 40 bodies found, many of them not wearing life jackets , have been removed from the water and taken from the scene on board an Indonesian navy ship. Several pieces of red, white and black debris were earlier spotted in the Java Sea near Borneo island which officials later confirmed to be debris from the missing jet. However, family members who were at the airport waiting for any good news from the missing planes, watched live on TV as the rescue team found bodies of loved ones floating on the sea and was being recovered.