PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: Indonesian divers on Thursday descended to the main body of an AirAsia jet that crashed last month, hoping to recover the bulk of the disaster's victims, a day after it was finally located by a navy ship.

Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board.

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