ARIRANG NEWS 20:00 Over 40 bodies found in AirAsia search zone : AFP

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The search for the missing AirAsia passenger jet continues. Indonesian officials say debris found in waters off the island of Borneo is "95 percent likely" to be from the missing jet.
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Title: Over 40 bodies found in AirAsia search zone

We begin with the latest on the search for the AirAsia plane that went missing on Sunday over Indonesian waters.
There have been reports coming in... that dozens of bodies as well as pieces of wreckage of the passenger jet have been recovered.
For more, we turn to Paul Yi at the news center.
Paul, so Indonesian officials have confirmed that they′ve found the crash site of the jetliner?
Well, there′s been no official confirmation at this point that the remains pulled from from the missing plane.
However, according to AFP,... an Indonesian navy spokesman said more than 40 bodies have been found so far, adding... that number is growing.
Just hours earlier, the investigation team said they spotted a plane-shaped shadow in a search zone of the Java Sea.
Now officials are saying there is a very high possibility that the debris is part of AirAsia Flight 8501.
Malaysia′s head of national search and rescue coordinator puts that likelihood at 95 percent.
Today marks the third day of the international search for the airliner that was carrying 162 people while en route to Singapore.
Paul, this is agonizing of course for the families and friends of the victims.
But it′s also difficult for Malaysia as a whole.
This is a country that has suffered from a number of aviation accidents in 2014.
Right. This is the third Malaysia-based jetliner to be involved in an air accident this year.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March,... in what has become one of the world′s biggest unsolved mysteries in recent years.
The plane, that was carrying nearly 240 people,... was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, when it disappeared without a trace.
Not a single piece of debris has been found, still to this day.
In July, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over Ukraine... by what many believe to be a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels.
But it′s important to note that Air Asia had a... near-perfect safety record before this incident. Chery.
Well, it′s an incredibly tragic situation. Thanks, Paul. AND we′ll be bringing more updates on this story as they develop.
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