Indonesia Air Asia flight QZ 8501 loses contact with ATC

[Justinf]

Flight from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control after 'requesting unusual flight path'.

 

[Jimmy124]

Indonesia Air Asia - Surabaya-Singapore lost contact 8 mins after take-off

Indonesian media reporting - AWQ 8501 lost contact 8 mins after take-off. 155 people onboard, this has been confirmed by Indonesian Transport Ministry - flight took off at 9.20 AEDST.

Google translate will help - detikNews : Kemenhub Benarkan AirAsia Hilang Kontak 8 Menit Setelah Take Off

English language media now beginning to report - AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact

 

[jeza]

Air Asia Flight Lost Contact with Air Traffic Control

Just watching ABC24 & they are reporting that an Ais Asia plane flying Indonesia to Singapore has lost radio contact.

 

[Justinf]

An AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, Indonesian media said, citing a Transport Ministry official.
Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 am local time.
He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
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[Tortuga]

Not again...

 

[PaulST]

Not good news. Possibly the third Malaysian airliner lost in recent times!

Does anyone know what time I was meant to land (and which time zone that is in)?

 

[artemis]

Air Asia flight missing?

This. :-|

AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact

I do hope that this story has a happy ending.

 

[markis10]

Not good news. Possibly the third Malaysian airliner lost in recent times!

Its Indonesian.

 

[PaulST]

Its Indonesian.

Is it? I just wiki'd Air Asia and it said they're Malaysian.
AirAsia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But I'll happily stand corrected.

 

[Lisee]

Saw this on ABC News... & then went to AK page on Facebook where it was sadly confirmed. Best wishes for everyone on board. Have always felt safe flying Air Asia.

 

[markis10]

Is it? I just wiki'd Air Asia and it said they're Malaysian.
AirAsia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But I'll happily stand corrected.

QZ is the code for Air Asia Indonesia not Air Asia which is AK.

Rego is PK-AXC

 

[mushez]

Air Asia flight QZ 8501 loses contact with ATC

Not good news. Possibly the third Malaysian airliner lost in recent times!

Does anyone know what time I was meant to land (and which time zone that is in)?

Surpose to land at 8:30am Singapore time in Singapore, three and half hours ago and counting.

 

[boregos]

Air Asia, like Jetstar, has a number of subsidiaries.

QZ is the designator for Indonesia AirAsia.

 

[markis10]

Makeup of nationalities onboard

QZ 8501 has 155 people on board, including one Singaporean, one British, one Malaysian, three Koreans and 149 Indonesians, according to Indonesia's Transport Ministry.


- See more at: Air Asia flight bound for Singapore lost contact with air traffic: Report - South-east Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

 

[markis10]

Air Asia, like Jetstar, has a number of subsidiaries.

QZ is the designator for Indonesia AirAsia.

Air Asia however unlike most JQ operations is a minority shareholder, was started as AWair.

 

[juddles]

I cannot find flight on flightaware - do they remove such incidents??

 

[juddles]

Not again...

No doubt that SEAL team that cleaned up the last one, is busy as we speak.

 

[TomVexille]

Not sounding good. Thoughts with the families of those involved.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Not the type of news one wants to ever read about

Hope pax and crew are found alive and well.

 

[PaulST]

This was on ABC's website:
Live: AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact with air traffic control - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)