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Indonesian Search and Rescue crews unload one of two bodies of AirAsia passengers recovered from the sea at the airport in Pangkalan Bun.

AirAsia QZ8501: Search and rescue team says no body found wearing life jacket

Dec 31, 2014

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (L) standing in the cockpit of an Air force aircraft Hercules C-130 during the search and locate (SAL) operation for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.

Three more bodies found from AirAsia QZ8501 flight found by Indonesian rescuers

Dec 31, 2014

Indonesian Search and Rescue crews unload one of two bodies of AirAsia passengers recovered from the sea at the airport in Pangkalan Bun.

QZ8501 LIVE UPDATES DAY 4: Coffins arrive at local hospital in Pangkalan Bun

Dec 31, 2014

This aerial view taken from an Indonesian search and rescue aircraft over the Java Sea shows floating debris spotted in the same area as other items being investigated by Indonesian authorities as possible objects from missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 on December 30, 2014.

QZ8501 UPDATE: Items resembling emergency slide, plane door and other objects spotted

Dec 30, 2014

A screengrab from Kompas TV shows what looks like debris in the search area for missing AirAsia flight QZ98501.

QZ8501 SEARCH: Some debris found, not confirmed from missing plane

Dec 30, 2014

AirAsia had already begun implementing satellite communications on some of its short-haul planes earlier this year. But QZ8501 had not yet been upgraded.

Inmarsat: AirAsia was upgrading tracking technology but QZ8501 was not yet modified

Dec 30, 2014

The USS Sampson (above) will join the search for AirAsia QZ8501

QZ8501: More countries join search for AirAsia plane

Dec 30, 2014

Army soldiers sit near a map of Belitung island while monitoring search operations for AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta.

Reports of smoke being investigated says director of Indonesia's search operations

Dec 30, 2014

Indonesian military pilots look at a flight plan before setting out for a search mission for AirAsia's Flight QZ8501 in Pangkal Pinang

QZ8501 LIVE UPDATES DAY 3: AirAsia, rescue team confirm that debris is from missing plane

Dec 30, 2014

Pilots at the helm.

Missing Air Asia QZ8501: They're some of the faces on board

Dec 29, 2014