Nepali residents sift through rubble to recover keys, coins, and other small items from the rubble of their home in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 2, 2015. On April 25, 2015, Nepal suffered a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killing over 6,000 people and injuring thousands more.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by AirAsia Group affiliate Indonesia AirAsia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-216, crashed into the Java Sea during bad weather, killing all 155 passengers and seven crew on board. Two days after the crash, debris from the aircraft and human remains were found floating in the Java Sea. Searchers located wreckage on the sea floor beginning on 3 January, and the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered by 13 January. The search for bodies ended in March 2015 after recovery of 106 of the 162 bodies.
On March 18th 2015, after almost 3 months of search and rescue activity, an Indonesia SAR officer announces the closing of the operation, with total 97 victim found and identified. The rest of the victims remain lost at sea and it is impossible to find them as their bodies decompose and become very hard to find. The families of the victims threw flowers into the sea as their condolences to their loved ones.
Money found on the fuselage of Air Asia QZ8501 is handed over to the Indonesian Air Asia Director before he hands it over to the family of victim to whom it belongs.
A coffin is prepared at Kalimantan Hospital for a victim of the AirAsia plane crash.
The Indonesian Air Force prepare to transfer the body of a crash victim to Surabaya Airport.
Victims of AirAsia QZ8501 on an air plane as they are transferred to Surabaya for identification.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by AirAsia Group affiliate Indonesia AirAsia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-216, crashed into the Java Sea during bad weather, killing all 155 passengers and seven crew on board. Two days after the crash, debris from the aircraft and human remains were found floating in the Java Sea. Searchers located wreckage on the sea floor beginning on 3 January, and the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered by 13 January. The search for bodies ended in March 2015 after recovery of 106 of the 162 bodies.
Indonesian Air Force mechanics fix a broken helicopter during the search and rescue operation for AirAsia Flight 8501.
The search and rescue team pray before the beginning their mission.
A high tech Russian aircraft arrives at Pangkalan Bun-Kalimantan in order to aid the search and rescue mission for AirAsia Flight 8501.
An American Helicopter delivers crash victims from the sea at Pangkalan Bun-Kalimantan.
A daily press conference is held by the Indonesian officer in charge of the evacuation of AirAsia crash victims at Pangkalan Bun.
An Indonesian Air Force Helicopter partakes in the search and rescue mission.
Indonesian search and rescue teams standby to collect the bodies of victims of the Air Asia crash as they arrive from sea at Pangkalan Bun-Kalimantan.
A victim of the Air Asia plane crash in a body bag before being put in a coffin at Kalimantan Hospital.
Victim of the Air Asia plane crash at Pangkalan Bun to be transfer to Surabaya.
A Russian search and rescue team take part in the AirAsia search mission.
An officer prepares the diving tools for the search and rescue teams working on the AirAsia 8501 recovery mission in the Java Sea.
An object, suspected to be part of the lost Air Asia Plane, is spotted in the Java Sea.
Indonesian Navy Seals prepare before diving into the Java Sea for the search and rescue mission.
Journalist arrive at Pangkalan Bun-Kalimantan to cover the event.
Air Asia Director, Tony Hernandez (middle) at Pangkalan Bun-Kalimantan coordination with Indonesian authorities for the evacuation.
Indonesian Air Force search the Java Sea to find the exact location of the downed Air Asia airliner.
An Indonesia Air Force Hercules Plane searches the Java Sea for missing AirAsia flight 8501.
President Joko Widodo of the Indonesian Air Force arrives from Irian Jaya to give "total all out" instruction to the Indonesian Search and Rescue team in finding the victims and fuselage of Air Asia QZ8501.
Emi and her child's shoes in an entrance of their home. Tokyo, Japan. Apr. 2012