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Attempt to Raise Fuselage of AirAsia Plane Fails

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Thinkstock 012515 AirAsia?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1422222594487nuttapong/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(SURABAYA) — An attempt to raise the fuselage of the AirAsia flight that crashed into the water near Indonesia last month failed on Sunday.

During the attempt to raise part of the wreckage, cables being used to lift the fuselage snapped, sending it back to the ocean floor. Strong currents have made the recovery effort difficult.

So far, 70 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. There were 162 people on board when the plane crashed en route from Indonesia to Singapore.



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