“We found what has a high probability of being the tail of the plane,” Yayan Sofyan , captain of the patrol vessel, told reporters. However, the Indonesian search and rescue agency is yet to confirm the discovery.

Thirty-seven bodies of the mostly Indonesian passengers and crew have been recovered, including some still strapped in their seats. Many more may be trapped in the body of the aircraft.

The investigator, Mardjono Siswosuwarno, told CNN that smaller boats picked up several pings emanating from roughly 500 meters from where the commercial jet's tail was found.

"I think we will be able to find the black boxes in a few days, because the location where pings were detected is not very far from the tail," Siswosuwarno said.

This wouldn't be a major surprise, since the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were housed in the Airbus A320-200's tail.

To date, BASARNAS has confirmed to have recovered a total of 48 remains of which 29 remains have been identified by DVI POLRI and 19 remains are still being identified.

AirAsia Indonesia would like to take this opportunity to urge the public seeking progress on the search and evacuation and identification process of QZ 8501 passengers to refer solely to official information from BASARNAS and DVI POLRI.

AIRASIA .... Tony Fernandes ✔ @tonyfernandes

"We are led to believe Blackbox may have been found. Still not confirmed. But strong info coming. But my man thoughts is fuselage."

10:27 AM - 11 Jan 2015
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