--- description: Searchers have found 70 of the 162 bodies title: Search for AirAsia Wreckage Ends image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2135b1bedd605fcb/69877c25a988ca0c6e6ac208/461218612.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Search for AirAsia Wreckage Ends  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 27, 2015 5:47 PM CUT  An Indonesian rescue helicopter flies over the Crest Onyx ship as divers (R in rubber boats) conduct operations to lift the tail of AirAsia QZ8501 in the Java Sea on January 9, 2015. An Indonesian rescue helicopter flies over the Crest Onyx ship as divers (R in rubber boats) conduct operations to lift the tail of AirAsia QZ8501 in the Java Sea on January 9, 2015.Adek Berry—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 27, 2015 5:47 PM CUT Indonesia’s military suspended a search effort for a downed AirAsia flight in the Java Sea on Tuesday, drawing to a close a 30-day effort to retrieve bodies from the wreckage. “We apologize to the families of the victims,” Rear Adm. Widodo said, [according](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/27/us-indonesia-airplane-idUSKBN0L00A020150127 "undefined") to Reuters. “We tried our best to look for the missing victims.” Divers with the Indonesian military have struggled against strong currents and murky water conditions to retrieve bodies from the wreckage site, submerged some 100 feet below sea level. Officials said they had retrieved 70 bodies to date from the wreckage site, and no bodies were known to remain in the fuselage, the New York _Times_ [reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/world/asia/indonesia-military-halts-search-for-victims-of-airasia-crash.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytimes "undefined"). 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