AirAsia flight crashes in Java Sea
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According to reports the AirAsia flight QZ8501from Indonesia to Singapore which lost contact with the ATC has crashed in the Java Sea. The wreckage has been found in the waters off East Belitung, off the east coast of Sumatra.
The aircraft was between the Indonesian port of Tanjung Pandan and the town of Pontianak, in West Kalimantan on Borneo island, when it went missing, Atmodjo told a news conference.
The aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet and had asked to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds, he said.
Tanjung Pandan is the main town on Belitung island, roughly half-way between Surabaya and Singapore, and Singapore's Channel News Asia television said there was bad weather over the island at the time the plane went missing.
AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on-board reportedly went missing today after losing contact with air traffic controllers.Flight QZ8501 lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control just after 07:24am local time, a transport official told local media.
Contact with the plane was lost 42 minutes after takeoff. There was no Indian national on board.
The plane took off from Surabaya (Indonesia) at 5.20 am local time and was scheduled to land at Singapore's Changi airport at 8.30 am.
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The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.
Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact, local media reported.
The plane lost contact somewhere between Kalimantan and Belitung island, Hadi was quoted as saying.
An Indonesian transport official confirmed that seven crew and 155 passengers were on board.
Indonesian TV are reporting there were 149 Indonesians, three Koreans, one Singaporean, one Briton and one Malaysian on board.
The Singapore airport said on its website the status of the flight was "delayed".
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