Search and recovery teams expand the hunt for wreckage and victims of a passenger jet that crashed into the Java Sea on December 28.
Strong Current Hinders Search for AirAsia Jet
![National Search and Rescue Agency personnel carry the seats of AirAsia Flight 8501 after being airlifted by a U.S. Navy helicopter at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/29702519-3550-4440-9EC3-79EF255C28A4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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National Search and Rescue Agency personnel carry the seats of AirAsia Flight 8501 after being airlifted by a U.S. Navy helicopter at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.
![Commander of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Bung Tomo Col. Yayan Sofyan holds a piece of the AirAsia Flight 8501 recovered in search operations for the ill-fated jetliner, during a press conference at the Navy's Eastern Fleet Naval Base in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/026EA731-679A-4CD9-9D33-D20DBF7E3E43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commander of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Bung Tomo Col. Yayan Sofyan holds a piece of the AirAsia Flight 8501 recovered in search operations for the ill-fated jetliner, during a press conference at the Navy's Eastern Fleet Naval Base in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.
![Members of a navigation ship KN Jadayat prepare a beacon buoy to begin the search operations for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 at Kumai Port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/EE8826FE-A671-4A2E-89B5-CD2D8171854C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of a navigation ship KN Jadayat prepare a beacon buoy to begin the search operations for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 at Kumai Port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.
![A relative of a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 cries as she waits for the handover of the body to the family at a police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6D361035-5F91-40C0-AC59-CDEBA1AF5247_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A relative of a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 cries as she waits for the handover of the body to the family at a police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 5, 2015.