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Hysterical reaction. screaming and crying and people fainting. it was horrible. the mayor of surabaya was also in there. she managed to get the television turned off. the scenes must have been of an unimaginable heartache and pain and anguish. now we do know it was the flight. the grim task of recovering the bodies starts and piecing together what happened. >> andrew quickly, 5:04 p.m. where you are. how much more daylight? how much longer can they be out there and recover bodies and know where all of this debris is so they can start again in the morning? >> reporter: as far as daylight goes w...

Just going to be devastating for so many of them. 162 people on that flight. what happens now, john is that the search and rescue are diverting all their resources into that area. there is also a team of divers making its way to the crash site. we estimate it looks like it's probably about between 100 and 150 kilometers offshore from the western side of borneo. so it may take some time for divers to get there. and also how long it's going to take for surface vessels to get there. but that is now the focal point, where all the teams are 4edheaded. miracles do occur, but very

Over. they want to know what has been found, and we still could be some sometime away from this because if helicopters can't get in there and the visibility is low and the sea is rough, it's going to make it difficult for the surface vessels as well. it could sink some of the objects, scatter the objectingsobjects. but there are 40 vessels in the search region. it is a big search region 156,000 kilometer search region. and they have been really methodically plotting and ticking off region after region. so they've gridded it out, if you like to make sure that they're not missing anything. wheth...

Greece. the effects were widely spread. they had been refocused. we need to get surface vessels to the area. the helicopters, as you have been saying are there. they are starting to recover bodies. there is a lot of work to be done there, obviously. the vessels are there. they can continue through the night. the waters are shallow. we are being told around 40 meters. we are trying to independently verify that. if they are that shallow, it will be a much easier task recovering the wreckage and bodies that would be if they were in water. one other thing, christine, the president of indonesia, pr...

It was over open sea. and if it was in trouble shortly after that, which is the working assumption. there are a lot of vessels working. we're four hours into this search on the second day and still no sign yet. >> and andrew you mentioned the search it is of course now daylight where you are, which makes searching easier than it has been the last few hours. what sort of efforts are involved? this is a multinational search effort. >> that's right, michael. there are vessels coming from malaysia singapore is sending an aircraft. australia is also sending a surveillance plane which was heavily us...