Indonesian Official: No AirAsia Crash Victim Wearing Life Jacket

Authorities in Indonesia are saying that none of the bodies found floating in the Java Sea from AirAsia flight 8501 were wearing life jackets.

Officials initially said that of the seven bodies found in the water off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday, all were wearing some of their clothing, implying that the aircraft was intact when it hit the water sometime on Sunday after losing contact with traffic control.

However, another official with Indonesia's search and rescue team, Tatang Zaenudin, told reporters that none of the victims were wearing their life jackets.

"We found a body at 8.20 a.m. and a life jacket at 10.32a.m. so there was a time difference. This is the latest information we have," he told Reuters.

Search and rescue teams have reportedly spotted a large dark mass on the ocean floor near where debris and bodies from flight 8501 were discovered Tuesday, and are planning to conduct a diving mission to ensure the mass is the missing AirAsia plane.

Although some authorities have suggested that sonar has successfully detected the plane's wreckage, others have dialed back these claims, saying they have yet to confirm the location of the missing plane.

"Until now, we haven't found the plane," Bambang Soelistyo, Indonesia's top search and rescue chief, told Antara, Indonesia's media outlet. "We've only found seven bodies to this day."

The AirAsia 8501 flight went missing from radar detection Sunday morning after it requested an elevation climb due to stormy weather over the Java Sea, while travelling from Singapore to Indonesia. Officials are saying that the plane appears to have taken a sharp incline before plummeting into the ocean.