- Passengers' families saw live video of the debris and a dead body
- Some fainted, and stretchers were brought in
- The images appeared during a news conference
- A news agency apologized to its viewers
(CNN) -- For families of some people on board AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the devastating images came without warning.
Live video showed debris and a body in the water.
Some people fainted. Stretchers were brought to the families' area at the airport in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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When the bodies appeared on screen, many went into hysterics. People burst into tears, dabbing their eyes as officials passed out tissues. Some sat still, covering their mouths, or with their heads buried in their hands.
Others had phones jammed against their ears.
The mayor of Surabaya demanded the televisions showing the images be turned off immediately, according to the man in the room.
The grisly images appeared during a news conference.
TVOne just broadcasted a naked body floating, suspected a victim of QZ8501 and then zoomed-in the reaction of the families, cruelty!
— Dessy Sagita (@GitaAqsho) December 30, 2014 Indonesia's TVOne was shooting video from a helicopter when it captured the images. The country's national search and rescue agency had asked to use their live images during a briefing at the airport crisis center.
TVOne split its screen at times, showing both the news conference and images from the water. At one point it showed a full-screen image of the body, nearly naked.
"TVOne just broadcasted a naked body floating, suspected a victim of QZ8501 and then zoomed-in the reaction of the families, cruelty!" tweeted Dessy Sagita, who says on her profile that she is a Web editor for the Jakarta Globe.
Some other news agencies around the world carried the live feed from TVOne.
Channel NewsAsia was among them. "We apologize for graphic images on our TV feed that were inadvertently shown from a live feed, taken directly from an Indonesian TV station," the news agency said on Twitter and Facebook.
"Well done on (an) apology, CNA. There's truth and there's gratuitous gore. You've made the right decision to recognize the difference," Darryn Johnston commented on the channel's Facebook post.
To have broadcast a dead floating body on live TV during the #AirAsia8501 rescue coverage was just a new level of low for us all. #fail
— Kash کاشف (@_wizkid_) December 30, 2014 But many commenters found the image of the body to be OK and part of the story.
"Personally, I don't find it offensive," Dana Raegan wrote. "In fact, I appreciate being shown the truth 'cause that is what journalism is all about - showing the truth for what it is and not what would look good on the screen."
CNN's Steve Almasy contributed to this report.
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