PANGKALAN BUN Allen Iverson 76ers Jersey , Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Searchers involved in the search for wreckage and bodies of passengers aboard the ill-fated AirAsia QZ8501 have been put to the test as they found no easy way to carry out their tasks amid lingering heavy weather that has impeded searches at the crash site located in the Java Sea near Borneo's Kumai Bay.
Bad weather that possibly contributed to the crash of the flight that occurred on Dec. 28 has continued to loom in the days after the disaster and has hampered the efforts by the search and rescue teams to find victims of the crash.
Despite all of these difficulties, Indonesia, however, has won the respect and praise from the international community for its ability in finding the crash site location Wilt Chamberlain Jersey , just three days after the crash took place.
Indonesia's government-sanctioned agency tasked to undertake search and rescue efforts, the BASARNAS, has extensive experience in carrying out its job due to its past experiences in handling such catastrophes and calamities across the country, from plane crashes Timothe Luwawu Jersey , tsunamis, landslides, earthquake and volcanic eruptions that often occur in the nation that is located within the Ring of Fire.
The expertise of the Indonesian agency has been proved again in the search for crashed AirAsia plane QZ8501. Through an excellent coordination with teams from several countries, the BASARNAS-led operation found debris and bodies of the plane's passengers Tiago Splitter Jersey , three days after the incident took place.
The Britain-based FlighGlobal magazine dubs BASARNAS as one of the most modern search and rescue teams in Asia. It said that it is no easy task to find a plane crash location in a county that has nearly 18,000 islands with particularly complicated geographical conditions.
Despite those praises, people running the operation encountered uphill challenges