An AirAsia flight travelling from
Indonesia to Singapore has lost
contact with air traffic control with
162 people on board.
Flight QZ8501 lost contact at 07:24
(23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia
tweeted.
Search and rescue operations are
under way.
Malaysia's national carrier Malaysia
Airlines has suffered two disasters
this year - flights MH370 and MH17

- but AirAsia has never lost a plane.
Flight MH370 disappeared on a
flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
in March with 239 passengers and
crew,
and MH17 was shot down
over Ukraine in July, killing all 298
on board.
The AirAsia flight had been due to
arrive in Singapore at 08:30
(00:30GMT).

The missing jet had requested a
"deviation" from the flight path due
to bad weather, the company said.
Anxious family members have been
arriving at the airport in Surabaya
It was a similar scene at the flight's
intended destination in Singapore
The flight arrivals board at Changi
Airport in Singapore, where the
AirAsia flight was due
There were 155 passengers on
board, with 138 adults, 16 children
and one infant, the company said in
a statement. Also on board were
two pilots and five cabin crew.
Most of those on board were
Indonesian, but there were six
others on board, AirAsia has said:
three South Koreans, and one each
from France, Malaysia and
Singapore.
An official with the transport
ministry, Hadi Mustofa, told local
media the plane lost contact over
the Java Sea, between the islands
of Kalimantan and Java.
He said the plane had asked for an
unusual route before it lost contact
and that the weather had been
cloudy.



Link
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30614627

it is well

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