Tatang Zaenuddin of the National Search and Rescue agency told Reuters the search operation would resume at six a.m. on Monday.
The craft was on the submitted flight set up route and was requesting deviation owing to on the way weather before communication with the craft was lost, the airline aforementioned in an exceedingly statement.Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, associate airliner 320-200, lost contact with Djakarta traffic management at 6:17 a.m. 2317 UT1 officers aforementioned.
Indonesia AirAsia is forty nine p.c owned by Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia, with native investors holding the remainder. The AirAsia cluster, together with affiliates in Thailand, the Philippines and Asian country, has not had a crash since its Malaysian budget operations began in 2002.
No sign had been sent, aforementioned Joko Muryo Atmodjo, air transport director at Indonesia's transport ministry.
Singapore, Asian nation and Australia had offered to assist within the search. Asian nation aforementioned it had been causing vessels and a C130 craft whereas Singapore had conjointly sent a C130, officers aforementioned.
Indonesia AirAsia aforementioned there have been a hundred and fifty five passengers and 7 crew on board. It aforementioned 156 were Indonesian, with 3 from Asian country and one every from Singapore, Asian nation and France.
The craft had been flying at thirty two,000 feet and had asked to fly at thirty eight,000 feet to avoid clouds, he added.
I ought to are on the flight along with my friends a person named Purnomo told TVOne in Surabaya.In each Surabaya and Singapore, anxious relatives of individuals on the plane expected news.
Tanjung Pandan is that the main city on Belitung island, roughly 0.5 means between Surabaya and Singapore. There was atmospheric condition over the island at the time.The flying time from Surabaya to Singapore is sometimes simply over 2 hours. The plane had been due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. Singapore time 0030 UT1.
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