The move by the Indonesian government comes a day after several aviation officials were suspended over safety violations.
Poor visibility and stormy seas in the Java Sea have slowed down the search for the remains of the AirAsia plane.
Officials believe that the tail section of the plane, which contains the black box, may have been located in the Java Sea.
Indonesia’s transport ministry is investigating how AirAsia Flight 8501 departed on an unauthorized trip on Sunday.
A total of 34 bodies have so far been recovered from the Java Sea while operations are on to retrieve large pieces of wreckage.
The investigation comes as Indonesia's transport ministry announced the Flight 8501 was not permitted to fly the route it took.
Indonesian officials are deploying a remote-operated vehicle to capture the images of the objects found in the Java Sea.
AirAsia Flight 8501 wasn't given permission to fly its route, according to the country's transport ministry.
A total of 30 bodies have so far been recovered from the Java Sea where AirAsia Flight 8501 went down Sunday.
Experts reportedly believe that the plane failed to send crash transmission data as it may have made an emergency water landing.
Nine-foot waves have hampered the search over the past week, though inclement weather will continue.
Eight bodies have been recovered so far from the choppy seas off the coast of Borneo as rescuers race against "time and weather."
Over 50 divers are preparing to descend to the floor of the Java Sea to explore the suspected wreckage of the AirAsia plane.
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The governor of Indonesia’s East Java province canceled New Year’s Eve celebrations as relatives grieved the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501.
Indonesia's air force brought the first two bodies recovered from the AirAsia Flight 8501 crash site to Surabaya.
On the fourth day of a multinational search operation, Indonesian officials said that they had found the missing Airbus A320 in the Java Sea.
Wreckage from the missing plane was first spotted in the Java Sea by Indonesian investigators on Tuesday.
Based on the precedent set by previous airline disasters, experts are likely set to begin a long process of identifying the remains.
The family of the plane's commander, Capt. Iriyanto, had only days ago seen his brother die from diabetes.
AirAsia confirmed debris found in the Karimata Strait was from missing Flight 8501.
A nearly three-day-long search operation in the Java Sea has led to the recovery on Tuesday of debris and bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501.