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QZ8501: Three more bodies found

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Three more bodies have been found as the Search and Rescue (SAR)  mission of AirAsia flight QZ8501 entered into its ninth day.

The bodies were found in the Karimata Strait.

The discovery made by the Royal Malaysian Navy ship, KD Kasturi has brought the total number of bodies discovered to 37 people.

The three bodies were later transferred to the RSS Persistence owned by Singapore before being brought to the Iskandar airbase in Pangkalan Bun using the Dauphin helicopter owned by Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas, reported MetroTVNews.com

The bodies were then taken to the Sultan Imanuddin hospital for preliminary examinations.

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