Divers had found the tail on Wednesday, and on Friday, divers investigated pings a search ship had detected.
They lowered ropes and slings down to the tail and planned to inflate giant airbags or balloons underneath to lift the tail from the bottom of the sea. A crane will raise the section out of the water.
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The vast majority of the people on AirAsia QZ8501 were Indonesian. There were also citizens of Britain, France, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea.
CNN’s Brad Olson, Madison Park and journalist Intan Hadidjah contributed to this report.
