Air Asia Plane With 162 People (Including 17 Children) Goes Missing On Way To Singapore

The search is on for an AirAsia plane carrying
162 people that lost contact with Indonesian air
traffic control Sunday.

Before communication was lost, AirAsia Flight QZ
8501 asked to deviate from its planned flight
route — from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to
Singapore — because of weather conditions,
AirAsia said in a statement.

Flight 8501 went missing at 7:24 a.m. Sunday
(7:24 p.m. Saturday ET), nearly two hours after
takeoff, as it flew over the Java Sea. From flight
tracking websites, almost the entire flight path
appears to be over the sea.

“At this time, search and rescue operations are
being conducted under the guidance of the
Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority,” AirAsia said.
Of the people on board the Airbus A320-200, 156
are Indonesian, three are South Korean, one is
French, one is Malaysian and one is Singaporean,
the airline said.

Seventeen children, including one infant, are
among the passengers, the carrier said. Seven of
the people on board are crew members.

Source:- CNN