the wreckage is located. crews have now recovered the bodies of 30 victims. so far only four of the victims have been identified. let s get more now on the new developments in the search for flight 8501. i m joined by cnn aviation analyst david soucie. we have aviation analyst les be abend and contributing editor to flying magazine and former ntsb managing director peter goelz. i want to ask all of you at this point as we are days into this now. peter, starting with you, what do you think at this point brought the plane down? is there anything that you can say conclusively or rule out? you have some tantalizing hints. clearly the weather is where we are focused on. and the pilots interaction with their aircraft in difficult weather.
the third is haider. she was one of the flight attendants on the flight. the first crew member from the airasia that has been identified. i had the chance earlier this morning, a few hours ago before the identification to sit down with her parents, her mother and father in their hotel. as they were waiting this agonizing long wait. six days after the plane took off. four days into the search and rescue for identification and news. they were remarkably strong. we were looking at photos of her on her instagram account. they were pointing and smiling and laughing and sharing memories about her. her mother said she was doing what she loved. she loved to fly. right in the middle of the chat we got a call. the escort and airasia escort was there. the call that no parent ever
i believe there is one thing that we can probably rule out, most likely is the fact that the aircraft broke up so we don t know whether it was in the air or on impact but i think we can rule out the fact that a successful ditching attempt had been made or even an unsuccessful ditching attempt because and that subsequently the aircraft sunk after the fact. we wouldn t be seeing this type of debris we wouldn t be seeing bodies especially those that are in seats. so i think that s the one thing that we may be able to rule out or that investigators are ruling out right now. okay. and then let s take a look at how the unfortunate thing is that we have something to compare this to in the region as well the flight of mh-370 in march. but let s look at how we think the indonesian government is handling this. what do you think, david? well i believe that they are doing an excellent job. as far as i can tell they are way ahead of what i would have expected in this type of
30 bodied have been recovered at the search sight of the airasia 8051. it s early saturday morning now in indonesia as recovery teams continue their search in the wake of last weekend s crash of the airasia flight 8501. it was a grimly productive day actually, on friday despite bad weather. the teams came up with 21 more victims, some still belted into their seats. uss sampson a navy destroyer on the scene, played a big role. they found at least 12 bodies on friday. these bodies were then transferred back to the indonesian si of surabaya where the doomed plane took off from before crashing into the sea. one victim has already been buried. 132 remain missing. it s believed that many of them remain in the fuselage on the sea bed floor.
. although most of the 162 people on board air asia flight 8501 are still missing, 30 victims have been found. among them a flight attendant who was just 22 years old. as cnn reports the family is now dealing with the relief that the remains have been recovered and the grief over their loss. reporter: step by step towards their final resting place each bearing a number each number a soul. casket 4 no longer nameless but identified as the first crew member of flight 8501 still wearing her uniform. her name nissa as she s known by her family including her father and mother.