An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from
Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board
has gone missing.
Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control
at 06:24 local time (23:24 GMT Saturday) over
the Java Sea.
The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared
midway into the flight of more than two hours
from the city of Surabaya. No distress call was
made.
Bad weather was reported in the area, and an air
search operation has now been suspended for
the night.
Planes from Indonesia and Singapore had been
scouring an area of sea between Kalimantan
(Borneo) and Java. Some boats were reported to
be continuing to search as night fell.
AirAsia's Chief Executive Tony Fernandes, who
has flown to Surabaya, said: "We don't want to
speculate but right now of course the plane has
been missing for 12 hours and there's a deep
sense of depression here.
"This is a massive shock to us and we are
devastated by what has happened. It's
unbelievable."
Lets just hope this aint wah we thinking..
