A320 AirAsia has disappeared from the monitors in the night from Saturday to Sunday between Indonesia and Singapore. He asked deviate from its path because of the weather. The unit carrying 155 passengers.
The pilot of the Airbus A320 AirAsia who disappeared in the night from Saturday to Sunday between Indonesia and Singapore had asked to "deviate" from its flight plan because of bad weather, said Sunday the Malaysian company . Marine and aviation Singapore were mobilized for research.
"The plane had asked to deviate because of the weather," the company said in a message on Facebook. "Communication with the aircraft was lost while he was still under the control of the Indonesian authorities Air Traffic (ATC)," said AirAsia.
The unit carrying 155 passengers (138 adults, 16 children and an infant), mostly Indonesians, and seven crew members, between Surabaya, Indonesia, and Singapore has disappeared from the monitors after asking to change plan flight because of poor conditions, confirmed the local authorities.
"The camera was following his flight plan and requested permission to change before the communication is lost," the company said in a statement. The authorities said they lost contact with the plane between the Port of Tanjung Pandan and Pontianak, West Kalimantan, the town on the island of Borneo.
Before losing contact with the control tower, the aircraft would have asked for permission to gain altitude and go from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid a cloud mass. AirAsia has yet to release the device in question had undergone maintenance operations on November 16.
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