AirAsia QZ 8501 Pings From Black Boxes Not From Tail, 7 More Bodies Found

The latest reports from the search and rescue mission in the AirAsia QZ 8501 crash reveals that pings have been heard from AirAsia QZ 8501. However, officials say they are not in the tail section of the plane where flight recorders containing crucial data about the flight are determined. Seven more bodies found totaling the count for victims to 48.

"We received an update from the field that the pinger locator already detected pings," Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee told Reuters. "We have our fingers crossed it is the black box. Divers need to confirm. Unfortunately it seems it's off from the tail. But the divers need to confirm the position."

Indonesian search officials are now confirming that the AirAsia flight 8501 fuselage on sonar radar is said to be upside down on the sea floor. The search and rescue team said AirAsia's main wreckage is sitting in approximately 30 meters under the sea.

Experts involved in the search are saying that fuselage should have been easier to locate, since the AirAsia A320 airplane broke apart on impact, as it hit the Aviation experts thought the fuselage would be easily found as the aircraft most likely only broke up when it hit the water.

AirAsia's ill-fated flight QZ 8501 disappeared off air control's radar screen on a two hour flight from Surabaya to Singapore. The "black box" flight data recorders are usually housed inside the rear part of the plane. They are designed to survive a crash and being submerged in water, and contain underwater locator beacons which emit the so-called "pings" for at least 30 days,' reports BBC News.