On December 30 2014 16:23 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Debris has been found:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/airplane-debris-found-off-island-of-borneo-officials-say-1419922721
(Google title if you can't access article and open from search results)
Russia Today reporting that a body of a man has been seen in the area where the apparent wreckage is.
Debris has been found:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/airplane-debris-found-off-island-of-borneo-officials-say-1419922721
(Google title if you can't access article and open from search results)
Russia Today reporting that a body of a man has been seen in the area where the apparent wreckage is.
Key points:
- AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control at 7:24am (local time)
- The Airbus A320-200 was flying from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore
- Flight was due in Singapore at 8:30am (local time)
-155 passengers - 150 Indonesians, 3 South Koreans, 1 Singaporean, 1 Malaysian
An AirAsia flight from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the airline and Indonesian authorities have confirmed.
Transport ministry official Hadi Mustofa said flight QZ8501 lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 7:24am local time.
The official said the aircraft is an Airbus 320-200 with 162 people on board and the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
Transport ministry official Hadi Mustofa said flight QZ8501 lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 7:24am local time.
The official said the aircraft is an Airbus 320-200 with 162 people on board and the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
Sources:
ABC.net.au
BBC News
CNN
Air Asia Statement:
AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (Surabaya LT) this morning. The flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 0535hours.
The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board.
The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours
There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew.
Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are as below:
1 Singapore
1 Malaysia
1 France
3 South Korean
156 Indonesia
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.
AirAsia will release further information as soon as it becomes available. Updated information will also be posted on the AirAsia website, www.airasia.com.
The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board.
The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours
There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew.
Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are as below:
1 Singapore
1 Malaysia
1 France
3 South Korean
156 Indonesia
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.
AirAsia will release further information as soon as it becomes available. Updated information will also be posted on the AirAsia website, www.airasia.com.
Source
Update:
Fairfax Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard says search and rescue vessels are still eight hours away from the area where flight QZ8501 last made contact.
"Singapore has sent a couple of C-130 Hercules aircraft to go to the area," he said.
"Australia has offered help and the Indonesian search and rescue authorities are saying that any help they can provide Australia in terms of clearing air space and so on, if they can facilitate that, they'll do it.
"But it is early days. I mean, there are still boats - search and rescue boats - trying to get out to the area where the plane was last heard from.
"We just heard they are still eight hours ... away from that part of the ocean because the sea is quite rough today. So this one's got a fair way to go, I would say."
"Singapore has sent a couple of C-130 Hercules aircraft to go to the area," he said.
"Australia has offered help and the Indonesian search and rescue authorities are saying that any help they can provide Australia in terms of clearing air space and so on, if they can facilitate that, they'll do it.
"But it is early days. I mean, there are still boats - search and rescue boats - trying to get out to the area where the plane was last heard from.
"We just heard they are still eight hours ... away from that part of the ocean because the sea is quite rough today. So this one's got a fair way to go, I would say."
On December 28 2014 18:45 polgas wrote:
BBC report of the general area of where the plane was.
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-30615089
BBC report of the general area of where the plane was.
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-30615089
On December 28 2014 21:01 ahswtini wrote:
satellite imagery around the area where the plane lost contact, the black areas are very vigorous thunderstorms
satellite imagery around the area where the plane lost contact, the black areas are very vigorous thunderstorms