A crew of an Indonesian Air Force C-130 airplane of the 31st Air Squadron uses a binocular to scan the horizon during the search operation for AirAsia flight 8501 over the waters of Karimata Strait in Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

(Bloomberg) — Indonesian search crews recovered debris and bodies floating in the sea from the AirAsia airliner that went missing three days ago with 162 people on board, as investigators seek to determine what brought down the plane.

Among the discovered objects is what appears to be an emergency door as well as submerged items resembling plane parts, F.H. Bambang Sulistyo, head of the national search and rescue agency, said in Jakarta. Two female bodies and one male body were retrieved, he said. No mention was made of survivors.

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