Indonesian authorities announced Sunday they have lost control with Airbus A320-200. 155 people on board more than seven crew members. The plane had asked to be rerouted before disappearing from the monitors. A French would be on board.
An Air Asia A320-200 with 155 people on board lost contact with the Indonesian aviation authorities, announced Sunday local media citing the Ministry of Transport. A spokesman for the ministry, Mustofa Hadi, said that contact was lost with the flight QZ 8501 at 6:17 local time (11:17 p.m. GMT) or 42 minutes after taking off. This is the Air Asia flight QZ8501.
According to a statement posted on the Facebook account of Air Asia, a French would be on board the aircraft. The other passengers are from Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Indonesia. French is the first officer of the unit.
AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm That QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore HAS lost contact at 07: 24hrs this morning http://t.co/WomRQuzcPO
- AirAsia (AirAsia) December 28, 2014
He added that the device, which was the connection between Surabaya and Singapore, had asked to be confused shortly before losing contact. Authorities believe the plane was between Borneo and Java that at last contact. The site publishes Flightradar24 on a map of the latest information QZ8501 flight.
The QZ8501 flight information before he disappeared © Flightradar24 Screenshot
The weather is at issue
Research operations are underway, mainly around the island of Belitung and Kalimantan. Marine and aviation Singapore are also mobilized, authorities said the city-state. The Indonesian Air Force sent two aircraft on site. "The weather was cloudy and the area is surrounded by the sea. We are always on the go and do not go forward a hypothesis about what happened to the plane," said a spokesman for the Army Indonesian air, Hadi Cahyanto.
According to the Jakarta Post which quotes the National Emergency Agency, the plane would have crashed into the ocean. According to a CNN meteorologist, there were "storms in the" where was flying the plane. A thesis confirmed by the company in the morning. The plane had asked to "divert" the path due to the weather.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Transport explained that before losing contact the control tower, the aircraft requested permission to gain altitude and go from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid mass cover. In a statement, AirAsia indicates that the aircraft sustained maintenance operations on November 16.
Airport staff holds up a sign at Changi T2's Direct to family members & friends seeking info onAirAsia # QZ8501. pic.twitter.com/vcM6spzWVi
- ST Foreign Desk (STForeignDesk) December 28, 2014
This year, another company was severely hit. Malaysia Airlines has lost two aircraft: the disappearance of MH370 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March and the explosion in flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine.
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