AirAsia QZ8501: Victims died three days ago, according to preliminary report

Indonesian military personnel carry coffins of victims recovered from the ill-fated Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501. - AFP

SURABAYA: A preliminary forensic report has found that the two bodies, a man and a woman, first recovered from the ill-fated Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, were intact.

East Java Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Commander Budiyono, however, said on Wednesday that the bodies were already decomposing as they were believed to have passed away about three days ago.