Air Asia Flight Missing

बिराट नेपाल 2014-12-28

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Missing - AirAsia plane with 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore lost! Air Asia Crash plane - AirAsia flight with 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore Missing IR ASIA Flight QZ 8501 Goes MISSING An AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore is missing, the airline said in a statement. "AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24hrs this morning," the airline said in a statement. There are 162 people aboard the Airbus A320-200, Hadi Mustofa, an official of the transportation ministry told Indonesia's MetroTV, according to The Associated Press. The flight was scheduled to land at 8:30 a.m. local time, a spokesman with Singapore's Changi Airport said. AirAsia announced the flight's disappearance on its Facebook page about three hours after the plane was scheduled to arrive. "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 airline said. "At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service," the statement said. Changi Airport set up a relatives' holding area to provide assistance to family of passengers on the flight, the airport said. The Airbus 320-200 can carry up to 246 passengers, according to the company's website.