doing. but in the process, in having so many news briefs, we have had a half dozen since this fire broken out, one of the things they wanted to communicate to us is that this process, this recovery phase that we re in right now is going to take a long, long time. this is a very arduous process. just look where we are at right now. it s been 12 hours. so far, they have searched about 20% of that warehouse. that s about one-fifth of the total footage inside the facility. in that space, they have recovered 24 bodies. that is an extremely high volume. if it s consistent with what we see as this process moves along. then we re going to have a notification period as this goes along. the process of finding bodies, identifying those bodies. then the hard the tough process of communicating that to the families who are waiting for answers. that has to happen before there is an investigation period. then that investigation period,
told the l.a. times they didn t know people were living inside the art collective. this morning, the investigation into this tragic fire just beginning. and so is the heart break. that was our miguel almaguer reporting. part of the interesting part of this process that we re in now with the heavy machinery that is inside there, that team of engineers is that they have to be so careful, so sensitive in handling the scene. right now we re still in that recovery phase, the team doing the tough work of going inside there, identifying, finding bodies. but we re going to move in to quickly the investigation phase and they need a lot of what the debris is like in there to remain the way it is, which is a very tricky situation. this recovery phase, by the way, could last another 24, 36, 48 hours as the teams continue to do their work. we re going to have another press conference in twhouro hou. we should hear more as the investigation goes. a long way for those that
that scene. the intensity of the fire means finding bodies will take some time. investigators are hoping to learn more about the cause of the crash from the plane debris itself. the pilot was experienced and has flown at many air shows. we know he was performing a loop maneuver when he appeared to lose control of that aircraft as it came out of the loop. it crashed into a major road and a huge terrifying fire. this road was jammed with traffic. it was a saturday afternoon. a hot, sunny day. there was no watching, no chance to escape. that plane left a trail of utter devastation. there will be a full investigation into what happened. but people will be asking questions about why this was
investigation? well, it does to a limited extent. safety board mentioned two-fold, determine probable cause of an accident and make recommendations to whatever entity is appropriate to prevent them in the future. finding bodies is really a local responsibility. how they got injured or how people got killed is also a part of the safety board s job. it s indirect to the actual bodies on site. mayor, want to get your take on one last thing. there have been some reports this train left the station, began its journey behind schedule, they were late. it does beg the question, do you think there s any pressure, or when it comes to running late, is it exxcommon for an engineer speed up. across the board in all transportation modes, we have a turn for it. we call it get there-itis.
discovered as well? it s an interesting question because over the last several days, they ve still been finding bodies. we don t know whether they ve been found under water or floating on the wart. they ve been finding bodies. at least 40 bodies have been found. there were 162 on board. we know also some of the bodies were found reportedly still wearing their seat belts and strapped into their seats. if the plane went down intact and you know whether it broke up underwater is a different story. down intact, then there could be a lot of bodies still inside the fuselage. and the ceo of airasia tweeting that he s hopeful, it sounds like they found the tail. the priority now should be to find the rest of the bodies because in indonesian culture, the bodies should be buried as soon as possible. the ceo saying that he considers it a priority now to find the rest of the bodies so that the families can have peace.