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Weather Continues to Hinder Search for AirAsia Flight 8501

Bodies of 37 victims recovered

A U.S. Navy recovery team from the destroyer USS Sampson signals the boat deck crew while conducting operations in support of the Indonesian-led AirAsia flight QZ8501 search efforts.

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

January 5, 2015

Severe weather, high seas and murky water continued to hamper the search for the wreckage and flight recorders from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on Monday, even as the number of bodies recovered reached 37 and searchers detected yet another large piece of the Airbus A320’s structure on the ocean bottom, some 100 feet below the surface.

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