Family members of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 react at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they we
Family members of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 react at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT)
Family members of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 react at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT)

The search for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is over three days after it disappeared enroute to Singapore. The search agency confirmed that the ill-fated plane's wreckage was found during an aerial search on Tuesday afternoon.

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Djoko Murjatmodjo, director general of civil aviation, confirmed that the aircraft crashed and was found on the ocean floor at a depth of 25 to 30 metres.

Air Force First Lieutenant Tri Wibowo, the co-pilot of a C-130 Hercules jet, said he saw objects floating in the Karimata Strait, in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan.

Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Basarnas, said at a news conference, quoted by Time, "As the search and rescue coordinator, I can 95 percent confirm [that this is] debris and objects from the plane." He added, "The five percent is simply because I haven't personally seen them."

A search and rescue worker prepares to load body bags onto a flight to Kalimantan in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT)

The Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency have evacuated three bodies from the plane. The recovery of the bodies, using divers, would be the top priority now, followed by locating the black box and removing the Airbus from the ocean floor.

Family members of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 cry at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

When a live broadcast of the announcement was shown at the Juanda Airport in Surabaya, relatives of the 162 passengers and crew of the AirAsia plane broke down. After the confirmation that the plane was found, images of a corpse and plane debris floating in the Java Sea were shown, causing many of the kin to wail and become hysterical, reports Time.

Two people fainted and had to be carried to waiting ambulances.

Government security officials carry a family member of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 after she collapsed at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

With the confirmation, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will visit the crisis center in Surabaya and the crash site near Pangkalan Bun. AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes is also rushing to Surabaya.

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