{"id":78588,"date":"2015-01-01T08:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=78588"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:35:37","slug":"bad-weather-hits-airasia-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/01\/bad-weather-hits-airasia-search\/","title":{"rendered":"More bad weather hits AirAsia search"},"content":{"rendered":"
A short-lived break in the weather has failed to make an impact on the search for wreckage from AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which crashed en route from Indonesia to Singapore four days ago.<\/p>\n
Skies brightened over the search area but the bad weather which has slowed salvage efforts returned within hours.<\/p>\n
Ships and planes are scouring the Java Sea off Borneo, where the plane, carrying 162 people, came down.<\/p>\n
Only seven bodies have been recovered as bad weather hampered the search.<\/p>\n
A vigil has been held in the Indonesian city of Surabaya for the victims, with people observing a minute’s silence.<\/p>\n
Rough seas have stopped divers from investigating the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n
Naval officer Siahala Alamsyah said that bad weather and high seas on Wednesday night prevented a team of about 50 Indonesian navy divers from flying out to warships at the scene of the disaster.<\/p>\n
On Thursday morning the skies over Pangkalan Bun air base brightened and the seas calmed, increasing hopes.<\/p>\n
But within a few hours, the weather had worsened again.<\/p>\n
“Clouds have started to descend again… and the weather conditions will deteriorate again,” said search and rescue official Tatang Zaenudin,<\/p>\n
Search teams are hoping to locate the fuselage of the plane on the seabed and find the plane’s black box recorders, which could provide clues about the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n
“It’s possible the bodies are in the fuselage,” said search and rescue co-ordinator Sunarbowo Sand from his base in Pangkalan Bun on Borneo island – the closest town to the targeted area.<\/p>\n
“It’s a race now against time and weather.”<\/p>\n
Salvage efforts hindered<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Flight QZ8501, carrying 162 people from Surabaya to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday. Debris from the flight was located in the sea on Tuesday.<\/p>\n