AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia and carrying 162 people on board went missing Sunday morning.
Contact with the
plane was lost around an hour after departure, somewhere over the Java Sea
between Belitung island and Pontianak, on Indonesia's part of Kalimantan
island.
Search and
rescue operations were launched with the Indonesian army as well as Singapore
and Malaysia scouring the area around Belitung, but have been suspended
for the night.
Search and rescue operations were launched,
AirAsia Indonesia said on its Facebook
page, but Indonesia later suspended
the search as darkness fell. The national search
and rescue agency said the operation will resume at 6 a.m. in the morning.
Earlier, the carrier released a statement listing 162
people on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and one infant making up 155
passengers along with seven crew members (two pilots, four flight attendants
and one engineer).
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