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Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 reported missing


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UPDATE:

Air traffic controllers in Indonesia have lost contact with an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board.

Contact with the plane, Flight QZ 8501, was lost sometime after takeoff.

 

According to the website FlightAware.com, the Airbus320 was scheduled to depart from Juanda International Airport on the Indonesian island of East Java at 5:30 a.m. local time, with arrival in Singapore scheduled for 8:20 a.m. (7:20 p.m. Eastern Time Sunday). It had last flown the route on Dec. 26.

 

AirAsia posted this message on its Facebook page: "AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24hrs this morning.

 

At the present time we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available.

The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.

 

At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.

 

AirAsia has established an Emergency Call Centre that is available for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft. The number is: +622129850801.

 

AirAsia will release further information as soon as it becomes available. Updated information will also be posted on the AirAsia website, www.airasia.com."

 

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's MetroTV station is reporting that an AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard is missing after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore.  It is reportedly Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501.

 

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NOT AGAIN :rip: and I'm flying in 3 days...

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Jonna Lee

the bermuda triangle hew :air:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but for real, this is worrisome. praying that everyone safely can be recovered :ohno:

i like it when u treat me mean it turns my mood from black to blue
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What is going on with these airplanes..

I'm going to assume that the worst is feared to have happened since the news is now public. :ohno:

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Gaga is Life

Damn :( It was only the other day I heard on the radio they've resumed the search for the other missing flight.

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