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Divers to Head for Main Section of AirAsia Jet Wreckage

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FILE - Indonesian navy divers are seen on board their vessel preparing for an underwater mission in the Java sea January 9, 2015.
1/9 FILE - Indonesian navy divers are seen on board their vessel preparing for an underwater mission in the Java sea January 9, 2015.
Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo is seen with an image believed to be the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501, taken by an underwater ROV provided by the Singapore Navy, Jan. 14, 2015.
2/9 Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo is seen with an image believed to be the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501, taken by an underwater ROV provided by the Singapore Navy, Jan. 14, 2015.
This undated underwater photo taken by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and released by the Singapore Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) shows the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 lying on the floor of the Java Sea, Jan. 14, 2015.
3/9 This undated underwater photo taken by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and released by the Singapore Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) shows the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 lying on the floor of the Java Sea, Jan. 14, 2015.
A student of Petra Christian University holds a flower near the memorial walls for their friends who were on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2015.
4/9 A student of Petra Christian University holds a flower near the memorial walls for their friends who were on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2015.
Head of Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee Tatang Kurniadi (center) shows the newly recovered cockpit voice recorder from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 during a press conference in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, Jan. 13, 2015.
5/9 Head of Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee Tatang Kurniadi (center) shows the newly recovered cockpit voice recorder from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 during a press conference in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, Jan. 13, 2015.
Indonesian soldiers show the cockpit voice recorder of AirAsia 8501 on the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, in the Java Sea, Jan. 13, 2015.
6/9 Indonesian soldiers show the cockpit voice recorder of AirAsia 8501 on the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, in the Java Sea, Jan. 13, 2015.
Indonesian Air Force soldiers carry the box containing the cockpit voice recorder of AirAsia 8501 at Iskandar airbase in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Jan. 13, 2015.
7/9 Indonesian Air Force soldiers carry the box containing the cockpit voice recorder of AirAsia 8501 at Iskandar airbase in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Jan. 13, 2015.
Indonesian soldiers stand near parts of AirAsia 8501 on the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, in the Java Sea, Jan. 13, 2015.
8/9 Indonesian soldiers stand near parts of AirAsia 8501 on the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, in the Java Sea, Jan. 13, 2015.
Indonesian soldiers clean the tail of a helicopter at Iskandar airbase in Pangkalan Bun, as recovery operations for the crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 continue, Jan. 13, 2015.
9/9 Indonesian soldiers clean the tail of a helicopter at Iskandar airbase in Pangkalan Bun, as recovery operations for the crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 continue, Jan. 13, 2015.
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Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency says divers Thursday will try to reach the main section of the AirAsia flight wreckage where most of the bodies are believed to be located.

Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo says the fuselage was found in the Java Sea three kilometers from the tail section and 800 meters from where the "black box" recorders were found earlier. The fuselage was located by a Singaporean navy ship.

The Airbus jet crashed December 28 with 162 people on board. Fifty bodies have been recovered so far.

Underwater photos from a remotely operated vehicle show the cracked fuselage and part of the plane's wing.

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar less than halfway into its flight to Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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