Search teams recover more debris as more international help arrives

  • 9 years ago
Seats... safety cards... unused life vests....

Bit by bit remnants of AirAsia flight 85-01 are brought to shore to an Indonesian town on the island of Borneo.

The search for the plane and the bodies of the 162 people on board continues nine days after the Airbus A320 crashed in the Java Sea.

Thirty seven bodies have been recovered.

Forensics teams from Australia and Singapore have arrived in Surabaya to help their Indonesian colleagues in the departments of Identity Preservation and Disaster Victim Identification.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE LIAISON OFFICER, FRANK RAYNER SAYING:

"We come in an invitation received from the IP, AFP members and specialists will be assisting in some procedures that will be conducted this morning. It's a situation that the members of DVI will be able to not only participate in the procedure but also observe the techniques of the IP and also our colleagues from Singapore."

The chief of the nationa

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