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Carefully. they can be very effective using handheld locators a diver uses. they'll be able to map this site similar to the way dave had mentioned. not with visual but with multisounder. so the entire site is mapped out. we don't know yet whether we're talking about small concentrated debris field or one that's more spread out. but if it's small and concentrated it may only be 200 meters by 400 meters. a multib echo sounder can map that and centimeter type resolution before anybody touches anything and then you'll go in and start dealing with bodies in the black boxes. >> extraordinarily diffi...

Indonesian officials now saying that sonar has detected objects believed to be from airasia 8501 on the bottom of the java sea. they don't know if the airbus is in one piece or broken up. they say seven bodies were recovered overnight. the first two of those bodies just arrived in surabaya for identification. dozens of planes are combing the area for what is now a grim search and recovery operation. investigators hope they are a step closer to finding the data recorders. the so-called black boxes. the data on those devices could help determine exactly what brought this plane down. cnn's gary t...

Seven bodies. the first two arrived in simple wooden caskets with number 001 and 002. the head of the search operation says one of the seven bodies was that of a flight attendant while local media reports the other was a teenage boy. as for search of the wreckage it's been slowed by the monsoonal weather conditions there. and there's a question of whether plane wreckage has been spotted under the water. the ceo of air asia says that's not been confirmed. as crews search for victims, investigators are focused on finding those so-called black boxes. devices located in the tail section of the air...

Presumed to have lost their lives, i want to go to where andrew stephens have been talking to family members. the next phase of the search. what happens now, what do we know about it? >> reporter: it's still very much in most regards a search. the primary fuselage the shadow that the indonesian air force saw yesterday. the shadow that looked like a plane which suggests the plane is on the bottom of the sea. they haven't been able to relocate that. conditions at the site are not good. there's heavy rain band sweeping through there. it's high winds and there are reasonably rough seas as well. so...

World. we begin with word that season noor has detected objects believed to be areas of flight 8501 on the bottom of the java sea. it's still not known if the airbus is in the sea or underwater. first of the two bodies are being transported to say are bayh for possible identification. right now, dozens of ships and planes are combing the area in what is now a grim search and recovery operation. investigators hope they're a step closer to finding the flight data recorders, the so-called black boxes, that could help them determine exactly what brought the plane down. cnn's gary tuchman live on t...