Update: AirAsia plane is FOUND 'upside down' at the bottom of the Java Sea,

Indonesian search officials believe a sonar image used for search shows the AirAsia drowned flight QZ8501 on the sea bed, not far from where three of the bodies from the drowned AirAsia flight were found holding hands when discovered floating in the Java Sea, a search pilot has claimed.

Lieutenant Airman Tri Wobowo, who was co-piloting Indonesia's C130 Herclues aircraft used for rescue, was the first to discover debris from the plane and witnessed the tragic scene. 'There were seven to eight people. Three of them held hands,' he told a local newspaper.

A plane door, a blue suitcase, oxygen tank and the remnants of an emergency slide were among the objects found about 10km from where the plane was last detected on radar. The search chiefs fully expect none of the 162 passengers and crew on board made it out of the wreckage alive.

Meanwhile, earlier report of 4 bodies recovered where not found as the Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief confirmed six bodies have been recovered from the water by Indonesian naval vessels.The recovered bodies included two males and one female who was wearing a flight attendants' uniform.


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