Indonesian officials have found six bodies in the AirAsia search area, three of which have been recovered.
Items resembling an emergency slide and a plane door were spotted in the search for missing AirAsia plane.
Objects spotted around where the plane disappeared from radar. Source: AFP
MORE than 40 bodies from the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 have been found along with debris, authorities have confirmed.
A navy spokesman says an Indonesian warship has recovered the bodies from the sea during the search.
"Based on the navy radio, it has been reported that the warship Bung Tomo has retrieved 40 bodies and the number is growing. They are very busy now," Manahan Simorangkir said.
Some bodies did not have life jackets on.
Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team. Source: AFP
Indonesian officials have confirmed that debris spotted earlier today is from the missing plane. The debris is about 10 kilometres from when it was last seen on radar.
Search area for the missing Air Asia flight QZ8501. Source: Supplied
Indonesia's director general of civil aviation, Djoko Murjatmodjo, told AFP: "For the time being it can be confirmed that it's the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun."
Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team carry body bags to a waiting aircraft. Source: Getty Images
Objects that have been found include an emergency door and a life jacket while a plane 'shadow' was spotted on the seabed.
Distraught family members of passengers on-board the missing AirAsia flight. Source: AFP
As relatives of the passengers were assembled in a room in Surabaya to watch the search efforts, they watched images of a floating body that had been broadcast on local TV.
Many screamed and wailed uncontrollably, breaking down into tears while they squeezed each other. One middle-aged man collapsed and was rushed from the room on a stretcher.
This aerial photo shows an object floating on the waters of the Java Sea. Source: AP
"Based on the observation by search and rescue personnel, significant things have been found such as a passenger door and cargo door.
A rescuer is lowered on rope from a hovering helicopter near a body in Java Sea waters. Source: AP
"It's in the sea, 100 miles (160 kilometres) southwest of Pangkalan Bun," he said, referring to the town in Central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.
The search. Source: Getty Images
Following the confirmation from Indonesian officials, AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes tweeted his condolences and said he was on his way to Surabaya.
A search for the aircraft has been underway since Sunday afternoon when it lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control.
The plane, with 155 passengers and seven crew, was less than an hour into a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore when it is believed to have encountered a violent thunderstorm. Its pilots requested a change of flight path due to bad weather, just minutes before contact was lost.
EARLIER: How the search for AirAsia QZ8501 unfolded
Chiara Natasha at right (who was not on the flight) pictured with her mother Indahju Liangsih. Chiara Natasha lost her parents and two brothers on the flight. Photo: Facebook Source: Supplied
The Herald Sun reports a Melbourne-based student was on-board the plane when it disappeared. Monash University student Kevin Alexander Soetjipto was travelling from Indonesia to Singapore with relatives when the plane vanished over the Java Sea.
Mr Soetjipto is from Malang in Indonesia and it is believed he was in Australia on a student visa.
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