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Search Area Shifts Slightly For Crashed AirAsia plane

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PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) - Strong currents are forcing Indonesia to expand the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501.

Only 37 of 162 bodies have so far been recovered and the plane's block boxes still have not been located.

The director of operation for Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency says "Time is of the essence." But he says, "it seems like it is hard to beat the weather."