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AirAsia Flight 8501 from Indonesia to Singapore Goes Missing! 162 On Board!

by mosesman

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  • Published on Dec 27, 2014
    An AirAsia flight travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the company has said.
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    Indonesian media say 162 people were on board. The aircraft, flight number QZ8501, lost contact with air traffic control just after 07:00am local time, AirAsia tweeted. The company said that search and rescue operations were under way for the missing plane.
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    An official with the transport ministry, Hadi Mustofa, told local media the plane lost contact over the Java sea, which lies between Surabaya and Singapore. An AirAsia flight traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has gone missing. The Indonesia Transport Ministry is reporting that the flight, QZ 8501, lost contact with air traffic control at 6:17 a.m. local time, according to Reuters. Hadi Mustofa, an official with the ministry, noted the plane requested to take an unusual path before contact was lost.
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    There are 162 passengers on board the flight, AirAsia created an emergency call center for friends and family members of those on board the flight. The majority of the passengers are Indonesian, along with three Koreans, one Singaporean, one Briton and one Malaysian.
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    The aircraft is an Airbus A320-200. AirAsia said in a statement that “search and research operations are in progress.”

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