Search teams have now recovered four large pieces of debris
believed
to be parts of AirAsia flight QZ8501, the head of Indonesia's search and
rescue agency announced Saturday.
Chief Bambang Sulistyo
said the latest objects -- including one that is 18 meters (59 feet)
long -- were located by sonar in the priority search area.
Searchers came upon the
metal parts after spotting an oil slick late Friday. An Indonesian ship
checking it out detected the metal underwater with a device on board.
Also on Friday, a piece was found that appeared to belong to a plane's
fuselage -- its main body, Singaporean officials said. It looked like a
wall with two passenger plane windows.
Sulistyo said bad weather
conditions -- including 15-foot waves and strong underwater currents --
prevented divers from conducting searches Saturday, meaning no
additional bodies were recovered. The forecast Sunday called for more
favorable conditions, he said.
Source:CNN
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