Searchers have found the main tail section of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on the floor of the Java Sea, Indonesian officials now confirm. The find is crucial to solving the mystery of what actually happened to the doomed flight because the tail holds the Airbus A320-200s two black box cockpit voice and flight data recorders.

Its still not known if the black boxes were dislodged before or during impact, however. Thus, a large part of the

After reportedly heading into rough weather, the Indonesia AirAsia flight, with 162 onboard, disappeared from radar over the Java Sea on December 28th while en route from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapores Changi airport. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, but thus far there have been no survivors.

The U.S. Navys 7th Fleet reports that crews aboard the USS Sampson and the USS Fort Worth remain on station ready to support the Indonesian-led search effort. The Navy says that divers onboard the Fort Worth from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 continue to operate Tow Fish side-scan sonar systems to map the ocean floor and search for debris.

Although the Navy says that search areas have been centered in boxes approximately 1 nautical mile wide by 1-2 nautical miles long, U.S. Navy divers using Tow Fish systems have yet to find anything related to the crash.

An AirAsia A320 at Changi Airport in Singapore. Credit: Wikipedia

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Searchers Find AirAsia A320's Tail Section