SINGAPORE: The main fuselage of the downed AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 has been found by a Republic of Singapore Navy vessel, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday (Jan 14).
He said the hoped that locating the main wreckage of the Airbus A320-200 aeroplane could help bring "some form of closure" to families of victims.
“Chief of Navy RADM Lai Chung Han just informed me that one of SAF’s ships, the MV Swift Rescue, has located the fuselage of the AirAsia plane in the Java Sea," Dr Ng said on Facebook.
"Images taken by the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) show part of the wing and words on the fuselage. We have informed BASARNAS, the Indonesian search authority, who can now begin recovery operations.
"The accident is a tragic event resulting in the loss of many lives. I hope that with the fuselage located, some form of closure can come to the families of the victims to ease their grief."
Dr Ng thanked the Singapore Armed Forces servicemen involved in the search operations, which also included the recovery of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders earlier this week.
"Especially to the crew of MV Swift Rescue, you never gave up - well done," he said.
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