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Surabaya. right now, they're clothing the area in a search and recovery operation. a search and recovery operation that has been halted now because of bad weather. investigators hope they are a step closer to finding the flight and data recorders, the so-called black boxes that could help them determine exactly what brought down that plane. i want to go to cnn's gary tuchman. he's live from indonesia. again, they have halted the recovery operation. the search for bodies in the wreckage has halted because of weather for now. what's happening where you are, gary. >> reporter: well christine that...

Recorders and the data recorders. they are data devices with integrated circuits and chips like any other laptop for example. when the piece is down there, you've got to maintain that environment. bring it up. if you let it dry, if you don't properly clean it you've got salt and debris that gets in there. and salt can damage those components. so it has to be rinsed out with completely clear and deionized water so it's clear and clean. then and only then can you start getting the data off. >> does the amount of debris on the surface, does that tell you anything? >> it does to me right now. here...

And the bodies will intensify as you noted with some drifting of the material, as much as 20 miles in just one day. plus the search for the black box, the voice and data recorders. they will tell the tale of what happened. bad weather expected to have played a big role in this, but also how the pilots handled that bad weather. how the plane handled that bad weather. by the way, it is now new year's day in indonesia. new year's eve was subdued by the mayor of the city and a lot of people complied. >> greg, thank you so much. greg was saying the key to solving the mystery of flight 8501 lies in ...

The next step is to recover the rest of the bodies and the jet which is said to be in relatively shallow waterer. serjts operations were called off orr night. they're going to observe any members local time. they're also out there trying to recover the plane's voice and flight data recorders. the hopes of figuring out what exactly caused the crash. if they recover, think eel most likely be sent to another country, likely the united states, since only a handful have the ability to retrieve and study that data. so there's one phase that this mystery now passes. crews are out retrieving parts of ...

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...