Two large objects found in AirAsia wreckage hunt

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian officials are hopeful they are honing in on the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 after sonar equipment detected two large objects on the ocean floor.

National Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told reporters Saturday a remote-operated vehicle has been deployed to the area to try confirm the find.

He says an Indonesian navy ship, the Bung Tomo, detected the objects by sonar early Friday.

By midnight, searchers had zoomed in with a Geological Survey Ship to take dimensions.

Teams are now trying to capture images of the objects.

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  U.S. Navy personnel from USS Sampson and National Search and Rescue Agency personnel unload the body of a victim aboard the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, on Jan. 2, 2015. (AP / Achmad Ibrahim)