Hopes of finding AirAsia flight 8501’s black
boxes were raised today after divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle spotted
the missing plane’s tail in the Java Sea, the first confirmed sighting of any
major wreckage 11 days after it disappeared with 162 people on board.
Powerful currents and murky water continue to
hinder the operation, but searchers managed to get a photograph of the debris
after it was detected by an Indonesian survey ship, the National Search and
Rescue Agency chief, Henry Bambang Soelistyo, told reporters.
See more photos of the plane tail captured under the sea after the cut.
One image appears to show an upside down “A’’ painted on a piece of metal
The find is particularly important because the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes, are located in the aircraft’s tail.
Smaller pieces of the plane, such as seats and an emergency door, had previously been collected from the surface.
“Today we successfully discovered the part of the plane that became the main aim since yesterday,” Soelistyo said. “I can ensure that this is part of the tail with theAirAsia mark on it.
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He stressed the top priority remained recovering further bodies along with the black boxes.
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