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Where things stand in the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501

Updated on Jan 02, 2015 04:52 pm IST

Several bodies have been recovered, and at least one identified and returned to her family, in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501. A woman named Hayati Lutfiah Hamid became the first passenger to be identified by fingerprints and other means. Meanwhile, officials are hopeful that a break in stormy weather will expedite the seach for more bodies and the crash site of the flight. More than 50 ships with high-tech detection equipment and aircraft metal detectors are scouring the area.

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