An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya toSingapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said.
It had 155 passengers and crew on board, another Indonesian Transport official said. Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia confirmed its flight had lost contact with air traffic control and said a search-and-rescue operation had been launched.
Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 am. Contact with the plane was lost 42 minutes after takeoff. There was no Indian nationals on board. The plane took off from Surabaya (Indonesia) at 5.20 am local time and was scheduled to land at Singapore's Changi Airport at 8.30 am.
Soon after the flight goes missing, AirAsia changed the colour of its social media logo from red to grey.
Indonesian media reports say an aircraft crashed east of Belitungs Island
According to Indonesian media an aircraft crashed east of Belitungs Island. However there is no confirmation on it. Search planes are on the way to the last known position of Air Asia. Indonesian Air Force has dispatched a 737-200MPA to search for #QZ8501.
Singapore activates air force, navy for search for missing jet
Singapore said on Sunday it has activated its air force and navy to help in the search and rescue operation for the AirAsia jet that went missing on a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. "Two C130s are already on stand-by for this purpose. We remain ready to provide any assistance to support the search and rescue effort," the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said in a statement.
A waiting area, and facilities and support have been set up for relatives at Changi Airport Terminal 2, it said.
Lost airasia flight went missing between tanjung pandan and pontianak
An Indonesia AirAsia flight went missing on Sunday about half way between its origin of Surabaya in Indonesia and its destination of Singapore, an Indonesian transport official said.
The aircraft was between the Indonesian port of Tanjung Pandan and the town of Pontianak, in West Kalimantan on Borneo island, when it went missing, Joko Muryo Atmodjo, air transportation director at the Transport Ministry, told a news conference. The aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet and had asked to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds, he said.
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