6 more bodies of AirAsia crash victims recovered

Indonesian divers find six more bodies belonging to the victims of the crash of an AirAsia plane, which went down in Java Sea last year.

The bodies, found on Monday, brought to 84, the number of the corpses retrieved following the December 2014 accident.

Two bodies were found inside the fuselage, while another four were located near the wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea.

Another body had been located on Sunday as the national search and rescue agency resumed operations following a two-day break by the divers.

The Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 disappeared en route to Singapore from the city of Surabaya in Indonesia on December 28, 2014. The aircraft was later found to have crashed in the Java Sea.

The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics has said that bad weather was the key factor behind the Flight QZ8501 crash, specifically pointing to icy conditions as the likely cause of engine failure.

Ongoing mission

The search is on for the remaining 78 people aboard Flight QZ8501.

“Divers will continue to search for more bodies tomorrow,” said S.B. Supriyadi, a search and rescue agency official, who has been coordinating the operation.

The Indonesian military, which has provided the bulk of personnel and equipment for the operation, withdrew from the search last week.

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