Relatives of a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 wear masks as they wait for the handover of the body to the family at a police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. The Singapore-bound plane crashed into the sea 42 minutes after taking off on Dec. 28. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
PANGKALAN BUN: Recovery teams expanded their search in the Java Sea as they raced to find bodies and wreckage from Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which authorities fear have drifted in rough weather that has hampered operations over the past week.
As the massive recovery effort entered its ninth day, officials were still hoping for a break in poor conditions to send divers down to the area where large parts of the crashed Airbus A320-200 have been found.
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