AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing on the way to Singapore

The airliner A320-200 left Juanda international airdrome in Surabaya in east Java at 5:20am and was expected to arrive in Singapore at 8:30am 0030 UT.The AirAsia flight flying from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with capital of Indonesia at 7:55am standard time Indonesian transport ministry spokesperson J.A. Barata told foetoprotein.

We ar coordinative with rescue team and searching for its position. we tend to believe it's somewhere between Tanjung Pandan, a city on Belitung island, and Kalimantan, he said. Singapore´s Civil Aviation Service same the plane lost contact with capital of Indonesia traffic management whereas it had been in Indonesian air area.

Murjatmodjo same search efforts were being targeted on a section between Belitung island and Kalimantan, on the western aspect of the island of Kalimantan, regarding halfway on the expected route of Flight QZ8501.

At this point, search and rescue operations ar current and AirAsia is cooperating totally and helping the rescue service.

Search and rescue operations are activated by the Indonesian authorities from the Pangkal Pinang Search and Rescue workplace," it said, adding that Singapore´s navy and air force had offered their facilitate.

Malaysia primarily based AirAsia confirmed its plane was missing. At this time we tend to sadly don't have any more data relating to the standing of the passengers and crew members on board, however we are going to keep all parties educated as a lot of data becomes accessible the airline same.

AirAsia, Asia´s budget travel leader, is junction rectifier by flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes, a former record business government World Health Organization noninheritable  the then-failing airline in 2001. it's seen spectacular success and aggressive growth underneath his affordable, low-overhead model.

Just months later MH17 went down in July in rebellion-torn jap Ukrayina  believed to possess been hit by a surface to air missile killing all 298 aboard.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 239 folks, disappeared in March once inexplicably entertaining from its Kuala Lumpur-Beijing course. No trace of the craft has been found.

Indonesia´s transport director general Djoko Murjatmodjo told foetoprotein the plane was carrying seven crew and a hundred and fifty five passengers  138 adults, sixteen youngsters and a baby, change earlier figures.Local broadcaster MetroTV reportable that the passengers enclosed 149 Indonesians, 3 South Koreans, as well as a baby, one Briton and one Malaysian and one Singaporean.