Search crews recover 30 bodies from AirAsia crash site

Search crews have now recovered 30 bodies from the AirAsia crash.

An Indonesian navy official says five of them were found still strapped in their seats.

Colonel Yayan Sofiyan, commander of the warship Bung Tomo, told MetroTV that the five were among seven bodies retrieved from the Java Sea and taken to an Indonesian vessel on Friday.

Indonesian search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo later said a total of 30 bodies have been recovered from Flight 8501.

There were 162 passengers and crew on board the plane that went down on Sunday, halfway through a flight from Indonesia to Singapore.