Update on Missing AirAsia flight: At least 40 of the bodies, many of which were not wearing life jackets have been found and an emergency slide floating in the water off the coast of Borneo Island

Teams searching for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 today found scores of dead bodies, luggage, a plane door and an emergency slide floating in the water off the coast of Borneo Island.

Grieving relatives of Air Asia crash victims have been to hospital after an Indonesian television station showed disturbing images of swollen bodies floating in the sea.

Images shown on an Indonesian new channel showed at least one bloated corpse floating in the water, causing many of victims' relatives - who were watching live reports at crisis-centre at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya - to burst into tears, and at least one woman to collapse in grief.

At least 40 of the bodies, many of which were not wearing life jackets - have already been removed from the water and taken from the scene on board an Indonesian navy ship.

The Airbus A320-200 was travelling from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore when it vanished on Sunday, with 162 people aboard.

Objects include a plane door, an emergency slide, and what might be a life raft and life jackets

National Search and Rescue director SB Supriyadi told reporters in Pangkalan Bun in Indonesia that the bodies, which were intact, did not have lifejackets on.

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