✈✈✈AirAsia has established an Emergency Call Centre that is available for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircrc,aft. The number is: +622129850801. An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway. AirAsia, a regional low-cost carrier with presence in several Southeast Asian countries, said in a statement that the missing plane was an Airbus A320-200 and that search and rescue operations were in progress. Flight QZ8501 lost communication with Jakarta’s air traffic control at 7.24 a.m. Singapore time, about an hour before it was scheduled to land in Singapore, the Singapore Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. The contact was lost about 42 minutes after the single-aisle jetliner took off from Indonesia’s Surabaya airport, Hadi Mustofa, an official of the transportation ministry told Indonesia’s MetroTV. The plane had six crew and 155 passengers, including 16 children and one infant, the general manager of Surabaya’s Juanda airport, Trikora Raharjo, told The Associated Press. There were six foreigners three South Koreans including an infant and one each from Singapore, Britain and Malaysia, said Raharjo. The rest were Indonesians, he said. The plane lost contact when it was believed to be over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java islands, Mustofa said. He said the weather in the area was cloudy. The Singapore statement said search and rescue operations have been activated by the Indonesian authorities. It said the Singapore air force and the navy also were searching with two C-130 planes. Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, said the plane was delivered in September 2008, which would make it six years old. It said the plane was flying at 32,000 feet (9,700m), the regular cruising altitude for most jetliners, when the signal from the plane was lost This is an estimated position of #QZ8501 at 23:18 UTC when AirNav Indonesia say they lost radar contact pic.twitter/IMMht5xbEG — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 28, 2014 The Malaysia-based AirAsia, which has dominated cheap travel in the region for years, has never lost a plane before. This is the third major air incident for Southeast Asia this year. On March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a wide-bodied Boeing 777, went missing soon after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. It remains missing until this day with 239 people in one of the biggest aviation mysteries. Another Malaysia Airlines flight, also a Boeing 777, was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine while on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17. A total of 298 people on board were killed. AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact at 07:24hrs this morning t.co/WomRQuzcPO — AirAsia (@AirAsia) December 28, 2014 In a Facebook post AirAsia confimed that “flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control”. “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, airasia.” Aircraft mishaps in 2014 MH17: Shot Down Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 on board crashes over Ukraine near Russian borderRead here All you need to know about the MH17 crashRead here 181 bodies found at MH 17 crash site Read here MH370: The Missing Plane Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ‘crashed into southern Indian OceanRead here Australia finds possible lead on MH370Read here MH370: India’s wake up call Read here
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