Update: 30 bodies of AirAsia victims are recovered from the Java sea still strapped in their seats

 Search teams hunting for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have recovered 21 bodies from the Java Sea today but are still struggling to locate the plane's black box recorder amid rain and rough water.

Thus far, a total number of bodies recovered is 30 remaining 132 more people, and as dive teams say some were found still strapped into their seats.

The remains of the victims were identified and handed back to their weeping relatives at a police hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia. Also the report says the crews found the tail of the plane sitting 100ft below the ocean's surface using sonar devices.

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