Update on missing AirAsia jet: Sonar detects wreckage of flight 8501 'upside down' at the bottom of Java Sea - as search pilot reveals victims were found holding hands after doomed jet went down

Officials have confirmed that the bodies and debris found in the Java Sea off Indonesia are from flight 8501, with naval rescue workers (pictured) said to be 'very busy' locating and retrieving the victims

Indonesian search officials have now confirmed they have located the fuselage of AirAsia flight 8501 on sonar radar, upside down on the sea floor.

Officials from Basarnas, Indonesia's search and rescue agency, say the plane wreckage has been located in 24 to 30 metres of water.

Before darkness fell in the area, search teams had also identified a shadow that they believed to be the plane's fuselage. 

Many of the remaining victims are thought likely to still be on board the aircraft but wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones. 

It comes amid revelations from a pilot involved in the search, that the people killed on the AirAsia flight were holding hands when their bodies were spotted floating in the Java sea off Indonesia.