QZ8501: Two more bodies found; one wearing a baby carrier

Two more bodies of a male and a female, have been found of the 13th day of the search and rescue (SAR) mission of AirAsia flight QZ8501.

The bodies were later transferred to the Indonesian surveyor ship Mahakarya Geo Survey near Pangkalan Bun.

CNN Indonesia news portal reported that the two victims were found seated next to each other. The male appeared to be wearing a baby carrier on his chest.

The bodies were lifted from the sea along with the seats occupied by them.

Earlier, two more bodies were recovered and transferred to two separate ships, one of it being Malaysia’s KD Kasturi.

The portal also said that to date, 46 bodies have been found by the SAR team.

The ill-fated Singapore-bound AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed in the Java Sea on Dec 28, killed all of its 162 passengers and seven crew.