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                 More Bodies Recovered From Downed AirAsia Jet

   by VOA News

   Two more bodies were recovered Friday from the crashed AirAsia jet,
   along with debris.

   Indonesian officials say a total of 10 bodies have been retrieved so
   far. The plane was carrying 162 passengers and crew when it disappeared
   from radar Sunday.

   Bad weather has hampered the search for the main wreckage of the Airbus
   A320, preventing divers from swimming 30 to 50 meters to the ocean
   floor to look for a large, dark object detected by sonar.

   Forecasters predict that heavy rain and wind could last through Sunday.

   One Indonesian official warned it could take at least a week before the
   plane and its crucial cockpit voice and flight data recorders are found
   in the Java Sea near Borneo island.

   The U.S. 7th Fleet announced Friday that it has sent a second ship to
   the search area, where the USS Sampson is already assisting.  Although
   the USS Fort Worth has not yet been tasked with joining the search
   effort, it will be on standby in case it is requested by the Indonesian
   government. The USS Sampson recovered two bodies on Thursday.

   East Java disaster official Budiyono Mars said Thursday one of the
   bodies has been identified as a female flight attendant who was found
   in her uniform.

   A passenger aboard the flight was the first victim returned to her
   family Thursday. The body of Hayati Lutfiah Hamid, whose identity was
   confirmed by fingerprints, was handed over during a brief ceremony in
   Surabaya, the Indonesian city where the plane took off, and later
   buried.

   Many bodies are expected to be found in the main fuselage of the plane,
   with some authorities speculating the plane's experienced pilot may
   have landed it on the water before it sank.

   Before takeoff and during the last moments of the flight, the pilots
   requested to fly at a higher altitude to avoid a storm cloud. The
   request was not approved because other planes were in the area.

   The twin-engine jet disappeared from radar on Sunday, without a
   distress call, about half an hour into what was supposed to be a
   two-hour flight from Surabaya to Singapore.
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