Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter on Borneo island on Tuesday said they spotted several bodies floating in waters near where the missing AirAsia flight was last seen, Associated Press reported.
Images on local television showed at least one bloated corpse.
The bodies, swollen but intact, were brought to an Indonesian navy ship, National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi told reporters in the nearest town, Pangkalan Bun. The corpses did not have life jackets on.
Navy spokesman Manahan Simorangkir confirmed the discovery to TVOne, saying several victims were found, but he did not indicate whether they were dead or alive. Air Force spokesman Hadi Tjahjanto told MetroTV at least one body was found.
Al Jazeera in its report said that shadow under water, which were captured during aerial search, could be of more bodies or the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.
The position where the debris and bodies were spotted floating is 10 km from the location where the plane was last captured on radar, TV channels confirmed.
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