AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia search agency says one body was wearing life jacket


Indonesian Navy ship KRI Yos Sudarso takes part in the search operation for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, as seen from an Indonesian Hercules aircraft, south of Pangkalan Bun, central Kalimantan on Dec 30, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

JAKARTA: A body recovered from the crashed Indonesian AirAsia plane on Wednesday was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia's search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded.

"This morning, we recovered a total of four bodies and one of them was wearing a life jacket," said Mr Tatang Zaenudin Wednesday, an official with the search and rescue agency.

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