AirAsia QZ8501: Divers struggle to reach wreckage


JAKARTA: Elite Indonesian military divers battled strong currents on Thursday in an effort to reach the submerged tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the hopes of finding its crucial black box data recorders.

The plane crashed on Dece 28 during stormy weather as it flew from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, claiming the lives of all 162 people on board.

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