AirAsia Flight From Indonesia To Singapore Loses Contact With Air Traffic Control An AirAsia flight traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control early Sunday morning, the airline confirmed.
Flight QZ 8501 -- an Airbus 320-200 -- lost communication with Indonesia's Surabaya Juanda International Airport at 7:24 on Sunday morning, the airline said. The plane took off at 5:20 a.m. and was scheduled to land at 8:30 a.m., according to AFP.
A map showing the intended flight path of the AirAsia plane.
According to Indonesian transport officials, 155 passengers and 7 crew members were on board the flight. The AP reports Trikora Raharjo, the general manager of Surabaya's Juanda airport, said passengers include one Singaporean, one British, one Malaysian, three South Koreans -- including one infant -- and 149 Indonesians.
AirAsia confirmed this plane traveling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control early Sunday morning.
Mustofa said the plane lost contact somewhere between Kalimantan and Belitung island, The Straits Times reports.
"The weather was not good -- it was bad -- at the estimated location the plane lost contact. We just received a weather report from the national meteorological, geophysics and climatology agency," Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa Djuraid said.
AirAsia released the following statement on the plane early Sunday morning:
The plane that lost contact with air traffic control is an Airbus A320-200.
As news of the missing flight unfolded, AirAsia changed the color of the logos on their social media channels from red to grey.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore released a statement early Sunday saying "a waiting area, and all necessary facilities and support have been set up for relatives and friends of the affected passengers" at Changi Airport.
Amid unfolding reports on the plane, Airbus tweeted it had been "informed of an event" and was "assessing the situation":
According to a White House pool report, U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the missing flight, and "White House officials will continue to monitor the situation."
Flight QZ 8501 -- an Airbus 320-200 -- lost communication with Indonesia's Surabaya Juanda International Airport at 7:24 on Sunday morning, the airline said. The plane took off at 5:20 a.m. and was scheduled to land at 8:30 a.m., according to AFP.
According to Indonesian transport officials, 155 passengers and 7 crew members were on board the flight. The AP reports Trikora Raharjo, the general manager of Surabaya's Juanda airport, said passengers include one Singaporean, one British, one Malaysian, three South Koreans -- including one infant -- and 149 Indonesians.
Mustofa said the plane lost contact somewhere between Kalimantan and Belitung island, The Straits Times reports.
"The weather was not good -- it was bad -- at the estimated location the plane lost contact. We just received a weather report from the national meteorological, geophysics and climatology agency," Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa Djuraid said.
Indonesia AirAsia #QZ8501 was flying at 32000 feet over Java Sea when ADS-B signal was lost http://pic.twitter.com/Xqy2lDkRnJ
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 28, 2014 AirAsia released the following statement on the plane early Sunday morning:
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.
As news of the missing flight unfolded, AirAsia changed the color of the logos on their social media channels from red to grey.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore released a statement early Sunday saying "a waiting area, and all necessary facilities and support have been set up for relatives and friends of the affected passengers" at Changi Airport.
Amid unfolding reports on the plane, Airbus tweeted it had been "informed of an event" and was "assessing the situation":
We have been informed of an event and all efforts are now going towards assessing the situation.
— Airbus (@Airbus) December 28, 2014 According to a White House pool report, U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the missing flight, and "White House officials will continue to monitor the situation."
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