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AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore confirmed missing
AirAsia flight number QZ8501, bound from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, has lost contact with air traffic control, the airline has confirmed. The missing flight is an Airbus A320-200 with 155 people on board, Reuters reports.
The plane lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control on Sunday, Indonesian media said, citing Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa.
Mustofa said the contact was lost at 6:17 a.m. local time (23:17 GMT on Saturday), after the crew asked for an “unusual route.”
According to an unnamed Indonesian transport official, there are 155 passengers and crew aboard the plane.
The flight was due to land in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) and was listed as “delayed.”
AirAsia has confirmed that the plane has gone missing in a statement.
JUST IN: @AirAsia confirms flight #QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing http://t.co/nEXr2knsUR pic.twitter.com/vVzQoGsKw5
— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 28, 2014
UPDATE: Search and rescue operations for #AirAsia #QZ8501 that lost contact activated: CAAS http://t.co/nEXr2knsUR pic.twitter.com/IA7s0GKaEO — Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 28, 2014
#AIRASIA #QZ8501 UPDATE: Holding area set up at Changi Airport to assist next-of-kin http://t.co/nEXr2knsUR pic.twitter.com/jXmH9g8sqi — Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 28, 2014
Passengers on the missing #airasia flight include 138 adults, 16 children and one baby, and seven crew. http://t.co/1g0AXmUX6E
— Canberra Times (@canberratimes) December 28, 2014
RT report reprinted with permission.
Source: http://thenewsdoctors.com/airasia-flight-from-indonesia-to-singapore-confirmed-missing/
