AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 to
Singapore missing
28 December 2014 Asia
An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from
Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on
board has lost contact with air traffic control.
Flight QZ8501 went missing at 07:24 (23:24
GMT), AirAsia tweeted .
The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared
midway into the flight of more than two hours
and no distress call was issued.
Indonesian military planes and aircraft from
Singapore are searching an area of the Java
Sea.
The flight left the Indonesian city of Surabaya
in eastern Java at 05:20 local time (22:20
GMT) and was due to arrive in Singapore at
08:30 (00:30 GMT).
The missing jet had requested a "deviation"
from the flight path due to bad weather, AirAsia
said.
Indonesia's transport ministry said the pilot
had asked permission to climb to 38,000 ft
(11,000m) to avoid thick cloud.
AirAsia, a budget airline which owns 49% of
AirAsia Indonesia, is based in Malaysia and has
never lost a plane.
However, 2014 has been a difficult year for
aviation in Asia: Malaysia's national carrier
Malaysia Airlines has suffered two losses -
flights MH370 and MH17

There were 155 passengers on board, the
company said in a statement :
138 adults, 16 children and one infant
Two pilots and five cabin crew were also
on board
Most on board were Indonesian
Six were from other countries: three South
Koreans and one French, Malaysian and
Singaporean.
The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that one
Briton was on board the flight, and next of kin
have been informed.
AirAsia has set up an emergency line for family
or friends of those who may be on board. The
number is +622 129 850 801.
Dozens of passengers' relatives have been
gathering at Juanda airport in Surabaya and
Singapore's Changi airport to hear news.

AirAsia's Chief Executive Tony Fernandes
tweeted : "Thank you for all your thoughts and
prayers. We must stay strong."
AirAsia Indonesia operates domestic flights
round the Indonesian archipelago as well as
international services to Malaysia, Singapore,
Australia and Thailand.
AirAsia Indonesia was banned from flying to the
European Union in 2007 due to safety concerns
but this was lifted in July 2010.
The latest incident caps a tragic year for
Malaysian aviation with the disappearance of
one Malaysia Airlines plane and the downing of
another.
Flight MH370 disappeared on a flight from
Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239
passengers and crew. The wreckage, thought
to be in southern Indian Ocean, has still not
been located.
MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July,
killing all 298 on board.

Anxious family members have been arriving
at the airport in Surabaya

Not again

This is very sad.

Very bad year for Malaysian aviation

Only 1 Over-ambitious Country is known to have hijacked & diverted the missing Malaysian Flight MH370 to 1 of its Naval Bases in the middle of the India Ocean called "Diego Garcia".

Indonesia needs to engage with Russia in helping trace the Flight Path of their missing plane or better still, beam her satellites on Diego Garcia.

Afterall, we all know how our "Unfriendly Friends" wanted to frame Russia for shooting down the Malaysian Flight MH17 over Ukraine & how Russia exonerated herself by releasing Radar & Satellite Pictures which revealed the European & CIA-backed Ukrainian regime in Kiev as the perpetrators.

The Global Destabilization Program of our "Enemy" is really working & I bet these are child's play compared to what they have in stock for us in 2015 - Hypocrites!