UPDATE: 21 More Bodies Have Been Found in AirAsia Plane Crash

Photo Credit: WSJSearch teams hunting for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 have had a breakthrough after discovering two big parts of the aircraft, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board, Indonesia’s top search official said on Saturday.

This comes as it was revealed the route taken by the flight flew at a restricted time, the ABC reports.

Just yesterday, recovery teams pulled 21 bodies from the Java Sea but are struggling to locate the plane’s black box recorder.

The total is the largest of the search so far, more than tripling the number of bodies recovered from nine to 30, as dive teams say some were found still strapped into their seats.

The news of further discoveries came as more corpses, including that of an 11-year-old boy, were identified and handed back to their weeping relatives at a police hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Read more about how more bodies have been found in AirAsia plane crash HERE)

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