New Zealand authorities concede they may never find the bodies of two Whakaari/White Island volcano victims, as recovery teams extend their search to more than 70 kilometres away.
He said it was possible the body that had been spotted had risen to the surface again and been carried away by the tide."We've also had sonar working in that area so we've got a reasonable amount of confidence that it's not where we last saw it but we can't be 100 per cent confident.
"We've done searches [of these kind] in the past and sometimes you find them and sometimes you don't."Most of those killed or injured in the eruption were part of organised day trips from the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship. A recovery team launched a dangerous mission to retrieve six of the eight bodies on Friday, despite the fact that the volcano was extremely volatile and at risk of erupting again.GeoNet — New Zealand's geological hazard information authority — said on Tuesday there was a 25 to 40 per cent of another eruption in the next 24 hours.
Winona Langford's parents, Kristine and Anthony Langford, died in the eruption, while her brother, Jesse, is being treated in hospital. In a previously released statement from the Langford family, Anthony and Kristine were described as"loving parents".
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