27Jan15 1700 hk
QZ8501 recovery operation called off: Indonesian military - Channel NewsAsia
JAKARTA: The Indonesian military on Tuesday (Jan 27) called off efforts to recover the wreckage of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month after failing for several days to lift the fuselage.
"All of our forces are being pulled out," said Rear Admiral Widodo, a navy official overseeing the search and rescue operation. "The operation has been ongoing for 30 days so the joint team has pulled out," he said. "We apologise to the families of the victims. We tried our best to look for the missing victims."