Seventh body pulled from water at crash site was wearing a life-jacket
Pilot assisting search added that three victims were found holding hands
Details indicate passengers knew plane was about to crash and suggests some may have been alive after impact
Earlier two coffins - holding a woman and a boy - arrived at Juanda Airport
Family members have been stationed there since the plane vanished from radars just 42 minutes after departing the airport on Sunday
Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims
More victims are expected to arrive at the airport as the day progresses
But search for further bodies is being hampered by stormy weather
Strong winds and currents moved floating wreckage 30 miles overnight
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Indonesian military personnel carry one of two coffins with the remains of bodies recovered from the AirAsia crash site as they arrive for identification at Juanda Airport |
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The first bodies arrive at Juanda Airport near Surabaya in East Java province earlier today. Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims |
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The bodies were first transported in body bags from the crash site - 100 miles off the Indonesian coast of Borneo Island - to Iskandar Military Airport near the town of Pangkalan Bun (pictured) |
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Relatives of the AirAsia plane crash victims pray at Juanda Airport in East Java earlier this morning |
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A Basarnas rescue helicopter is seen behind three covered bodies recovered from the AirAsia plane as they rest on the deck of KRI Bung Tomo warship off the Java Sea, Indonesia |
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A member of the Indonesian military reacts after seeing an unidentified floating dead body from the doomed AirAsia flight 8501 during a search and rescue (SAR) mission |
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Indonesian Marines carry equipment from an air force plane during search and rescue operations |
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Indonesian marines unload their diving equipment as they prepare to join the search operation for the plane |
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A photograph released by Malaysia's Ministry of Defence today shows members of the Royal Malaysian Navy recovering AirAsia flight 8501's emergency slide from the Java Sea |
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Indonesian women take shelter under an umbrella during a candlelight vigil for the victims of flight 8501 |
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Indonesian AirAsia stewardess Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi, who was listed as one of the seven crew members on board missing flight QZ8501 |
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A plastic suitcase, un-inflated emergency and oxygen tank from doomed flight 8501 were displayed by rescue workers at Pangkalan Bun airport in Indonesia yesterday |
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Indonesians hold candles to pray for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 in Surabaya, Indonesia today
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