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Old 3rd Jan 2015, 14:33
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Looks like they are getting close to the main wreckage field

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the ocean floor.

The biggest piece, measuring 18 meters (59 feet) long and 5.4 meters (18 feet) wide, appeared to be part of the jet's body,
“I can confirm that these are parts of the plane we are looking for,” said Bambang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency.

Search teams again battled high waves and struggled to lower a remotely operated underwater vehicle to capture clearer images of the objects on the sea floor at a depth of about 100 feet.
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