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Government security officials carry a family member of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 after she collapsed at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Dec. 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were "95 percent sure" debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Reuters/Beawiharta

Indonesian television on Tuesday showed graphic images of a body in the Java Sea, which is said to be of one of the passengers of AirAsia Flight 8501, which went missing Sunday, with 162 people on board, while flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore's Changi International Airport.

A local television network showed a half-naked, swollen body bobbing in the sea, while rescue teams were shown being lowered on ropes from an aircraft to retrieve the corpse. Relatives and family members of the plane’s passengers watched the graphic details of the operation unfold on television from a waiting room at the Surabaya airport, and many of them “screamed and wailed uncontrollably,” according to a report from News.com.au.

One middle-aged man reportedly collapsed after watching the images on television. He was rushed from the waiting room on a stretcher. Channel NewsAsia, which broadcast the footage, has apologized for showing the graphic images on its TV feed, taken directly from a local TV station.

Meanwhile, at least 40 bodies have reportedly been retrieved from the search area and the number is growing, according to the Indonesian navy.

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