QZ8501: Malaysian vessels found four bodies

Royal Malaysian Navy's (RMN) vessel, KD Pahang, found three bodies floating in the Java Sea while participating in the search and rescue operation for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 on Wednesday.

RMN chief Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar, on his Twitter page, said that the bodies were found at 4.30 pm.

This adds up the total bodies found by Malaysian vessels, to four as KD Lekir found a body today morning.

"At 1630hrs, KD Pahang found three bodies floating in Sector One. The vessel is in the process of pulling out the bodies of the sea," he tweeted.

The discovery of the three bodies brought the total of bodies found in the operation led by Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) to 10 so far.

Apart from KD Pahang, Malaysia had also deployed KD Lekir and KD Lekiu, with a Fennec helicopter on board, along with C-130, CN235 and Beechcraft aircraft, to help in the operation.

AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501 went missing on Sunday morning while flying 155 passengers and seven crew from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.

Those on board the missing flight comprise 155 Indonesians, three South Koreans, a Singaporean, a Malaysian, a Briton and a French.