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telegraph telegraph" the father boarded this flight because there were not enough seats to fly with his wife and son on another. the wife of the pilot is mourning as well. >> translator: the children still need a father. i still also need a guidance from a husband. he's a good husband in my eyes and he's a faithful husband. >> the captain was an experienced indonesian air force veteran whose daughter posted this photo on social media, pleading for his return. a return that tragically will never happen. >> well air a's y5 ceo tony fernandez is pledging his support to the families on board that flight. he's called the plane's disappearance his worst nightmare, but sighs he's got to sfa strong for the families. >> i apologize profusely for what they're going through. i'm the leader of this company.
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found the main body of the plane? 4 4. >> robin, hello, yes. there's conflicting information. i do hope i sincerely hope that really is the body of the aircraft that they've located pen they seem to be quite positive about it. and using modern sonar and technology it's a good chance they have got it. but weshld also remember that that area was subject of heavy fighting in the second world war and you would be surprised of the number of war sites that still exist in the shallow waters aircrafts and shifts and they do find b aircraft from time to time for the last 70 years. anyway hopefully that is 8501. if it is they should be able to get tot flight data and cockpit voice recorders very quickly. it's in shallow waters and dooifrts should be able to achieve that. the kr are zr -- as i tried to say earlier, i'm quite confused saying bodies that look as though they've fallen some
certainly going to be choppy as well on thursday morning. and really much of thursday. even into the afternoon hours. storms push through this region only until about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon do we start to see improvement in the way of weather. that's the concern over the next three days. could see three inches of hateful across the area. a predominant area of one plus millimeters expected in this region. want to talk about the ocean currents and how they could impact the debris field. because the debris field again, 60 to 120 miles away from the last point of contact. the currents here move at roughly 1 miles an hour. we're about 80 hours removed from the point when this plane went down. so quick math tells you, roughly 80 miles of motion, which puts it in the 60 to 120 scale. so it makes sense where this debris field is located. but it also makes sense the debris is going to be on the move very slowly. you walk generally at 3 miles an
hour. so this is 1/3 of the speed as you take a calm walk through your neighborhood perhaps. unfortunately when you get through this region there's marshy landscape. you want to get to this debris field as quickly as possible. it gets a lot more complex when it pushes into a terrain like this. >> the weather has been a factor since the very beginning. some title information as to what went wrong onboard that plane. >> where searchers are looking and what clues they may find. >> there are three layers to the physical search. we know where the plane took off, we know where it disappeared, we know where they have found debris in the search area and we know the water is
it wouldn't be at all surprising if things went so badly over the next two or three years that a larger deployment might be necessary. >> let me pay a tribute to the sacrifice and men and women in uniform. >> afghan leaders thank their hosts for their sacrifices. was it worth it? thousands of british servicemen and women and their families certainly hope it was. >> well coming up on cnn, the latest on the crash of air asia flight 8501. indonesian search teams say they have sonar evidence of the plane's wreckage. narrator: these are the tennis shoes skater kid: whoa narrator: that got torture tested
very rough at times. the surface matters because the surface is where you get your first clues most often. things floating on top of the water may or may not tell you a lot about the cause of the accident, but they are indicators. when you look at the second layer layer, the water column beneath them, and you start reverse erng nearing against all the competing currents below, you can get an estimate on where they came from. and that can lead you to the third layer down here, which is the heavy bits on the bottom. those are the ones you really have to get. what are we talking about in the we're talking about big parts of the plane, parts of the wings and parts of the tail parts of the landing gear the electronics, the flight data record e, the voice recorders, the engines which are each about 9,000 pounds. all of these are critical. if you collect enough of them as they did with twa-800, which was also in about 100 feet of water off the coast of long island you can reassemble the plane in effect. and when you do that you can look at all these pieces and
officials here have been talking about, now that it's not a mystery where this plane is that there's some closure for these families. closure is a really bad word. i found in these tragedies, there's no such thing. it's a different phase for these people. they don't have to wonder what happened to their loved ones but in some ways it's much more difficult. they know their loved ones won't come back. what they want in this phase is for the bodies of their loved ones to be returned with them. that's the most common question being asked is when will these bodies come? divers are taking off in an attempt to look for these bodies. there are about 30 plane, 40 ships inclutding a u.s. destroyer looking for the people who parished in this accident. also looking for the black boxes boxes, the so-called black boxes
these people are. the communication has been rather good here with indonesia officials. they're answering any questions they have at anytime they want the questions answered even if they don't have the answers. that's providing some comfort. a seventh body was found. six passengers and one of the bodies found is a flight attendant. we've also been told by the government course that sonar has indeed confirmed where the plane is on the bottom of the that va sea. however, other officials say it may have confirmed. two families members say they've been told in a meeting sonar found the plane. whether it's in one piece or upside down we don't know the answer to that. but we do know at the very least, it has been found and the fact is the water here is relatively shallow.
children. one of the first pilots to spot debris told the indonesian newspaper "compass" that he saw victims floating in the water still holding hands. it's perhaps an apock riffle tale but it is symbolic of the tragedy. in this south korean church the congregation is weeping for one of their missionaryies. park song bong as well as for his wife and their 11-month-old daughter gone along with them a fiancee whose chance to become a husband will never come. >> he parished along with his family on their last trip together. a. >> it was supposed to be their last vacation before got marry popped. >> britain's only citizen aboard was traveling with his 2-year-old daughter zoe when the plane went down. according to the newspaper "the