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JAKARTA. – Indonesian fishermen and rescuers have recovered a total of six bodies from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 in South and West Sulawesi waters over the past few days, about 1 000 kilometres away from the crashed location in Java Sea.

After more than a month, those bodies were found in forms of skeletons, and remnants of body parts were still with clothes on. Rescuers also recovered some of passengers’ belongings including brief cases, wallets and cellphones. Head of West Sulawesi Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Muh Rizal said yesterday that those findings would be transferred to Surabaya for further identification. As of Wednesday, a total of 70 bodies from AirAsia flight QZ8501 have been recovered by rescuers. Despite the absence of the military, Indonesia’s Basarnas will resume search for remaining bodies today after a two-day break. The search would continue for one week or longer.

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) divulged compelling facts from its investigation into the jetliner‘s Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) recovered on January 12 and 13 at a Press conference held on Thursday.

Chairman of investigators Mardjono Siswosumarno said that the crashed plane was piloted by the French co-pilot while the captain acted as the monitoring pilot when the calamity took place. – Xinhua.