August 17, 2026 03:24 am (IST)
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Air Asia flight goes missing, 162 on board
Jakarta, Dec 28 (IBNS) An AirAsia flight with 162 people, mostly Indonesian, on board flying to Singapore from Indonesia went missing in the air after it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning, said the airline.
"AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact at 07:24hrs this morning," tweeted the Malaysia based airlines known for operating budget flights.
AirAsia said the flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 0535 hours local time.
The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.
"There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew," said the airline.
The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours
Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are 156 Indonesians, 1 from Singapore, 1 from Malaysia, 1 from France and 3 South Koreans.
"At this time, search and rescue operations are being conducted under the guidance of The Indonesia of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). AirAsia Indonesia is cooperating fully and assisting the investigation in every possible way.
The aircraft was on the submitted flight plan route and was requesting deviation due to enroute weather before communication with the aircraft was lost while it was still under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control (ATC).
The aircraft had undergone its last scheduled maintenance on 16 November 2014.
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.
Search and rescue operations are under way.
The entire world is intrigued still by the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 after it disappeared between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew members on board with no trace of its wreckage found yet.
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