they re believed to be from the plane. but waves reaching 18 feet in some cases have been preventing divers from their grim job of retrieving more bodies. and hope, that s what so many of these families of flight 8501 are clinging to right now. they re waiting to hear anything about the people that they love who were on that flight. now, as this search drags on, each day, as you can imagine, it feels like an eternity. we ve got mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters who are lost at sea. so far, 30 victims have been recovered. 132 are still missing. we want to bring in cnn s paula hancocks who is live at a hospital in coastal indonesia. that s where a lot of the victims are being brought. paula, good morning to you. what are you learning this morning? reporter: well, good morning. as you say there have been 30 bodies retrieved so far. but none of those bodies were
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supposed to be flying. these are the questions that are going to have to be answered. the families of the victims will want to know exactly the case here. air asia itself has said we re aware of these investigations, we are going to assist where we can and we are not going to talk about it until there is a conclusion of those investigations. all right. andrew stevens, we appreciate it so much. andrew has a unique perspective in talking with some of the victims families. here s what one woman told him a little bit ago. i try to be strong. one, my family. i try to be strong. and i still believe he ll come back. i don t know why. from the beginning, from the first time, i believe he s safe. i don t know. still alive. maybe you can call me crazy but i feel in my heart that he s alive somewhere. i don t know.
listen to this. a 7-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash. he was able to walk. walk to a house near the crash site. and that resident called 911. the twin-engine aircraft went down last night after the pilot reported engine problems. the faa and the ntsb are expected to arrive. those who died include a 9-year-old girl. her parents and a 14-year-old cousin. we ll have more on that later in the hour. the latest for the search for victims and wreckage and the cause of airasia 8501. teams equipped with a remote operated vehicle are battling high waves, strong currents as well. as they try to get images of the two pieces of metal debris that have just been found in the java sea. we re also learning that airasia did not have permission to fly from surabaya to singapore on
that plane. right, right. all the way to the house. it s just remarkable. thank you. appreciate it. ahead, the grim task of identifying the victims of flight 8501 and how more time under water as these crews continue to search. how that time under water could make the task more difficult. so how s your credit? a loan? i know i have an 810 fico score, thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. and your big idea is hot dogs shaped like hamburgers? nope. hamburgers shaped like hot dogs. that s not really in our wheelhouse. you don t put it in a wheelhouse. you put it in your mouth. get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. [ male announcer ] diagnosed with cancer, he didn t just vow to beat it. i vowed to eradicate it from the earth. so he founded huntsman cancer institute.