Bad weather has forced Indonesian divers to call off an operation to raise the main fuselage of AirAsia QZ8501, but they will try again on Sunday, a search team leader told CNN.
Four more bodies have been recovered, said Marshall Supriyadi, director of operations and training for Indonesia’s search and rescue agency. That brings the total number of victims now found to 69.
Indonesian divers tried Saturday to float the wreckage using a giant balloon, said Supriyadi.
They made several descents to the fuselage to attach the balloon, weighing around 10 tons, to the fuselage using ropes and belts, and to inflate it. But the operation hit a snag when a belt broke as the team tried to bring the wreckage up to the surface.
Divers successfully carried out the same procedure with the tail section of the aircraftearlier this month.
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