Officials fear that bodies and wreckage from AirAsia Flight 8501 might have drifted in the past week due to bad weather.
Indonesian and United States ships sailed on Tuesday to where investigators believe metal objects detected on the sea bed could be the wreckage of a missing passenger plane. The large objects were detected by sonar in an area of ocean off Indonesia where search-and-rescue teams have been hunting for traces of a plane carrying 102 passengers and crew.