An AirAsia flight carrying 162 people - 155 passengers, two pilots, four flight attendants and
one engineer, which took off from the city of Surabaya in Indonesia and bound for Singapore,
lost contact with air traffic control about two hours after take-off, while flying over the Java
Sea.
The passengers included 138 adults, 16 children and one infant according to a statement released
by AirAsia following the disappearance of the plane.
Indonesia's acting director general of transportation, said the last contact between pilot
and the air traffic control was at 6.13 a.m. on Saturday) "when the pilot requested permission to
deviate from its submitted flight plan route due to weather condition."
There was vigorous thunderstorm at the time. It's been hours now since the plane went missing and
there has been no update on the plane's whereabouts.
AirAsia has since released a statement about the
people on board. They said the people on board included 156 Indonesians, three South Koreans,
one French person, one Malaysian and one Singaporean. But Britain has said one of theircitizens was on board.
Search and Rescue is underway for Flight QZ8501
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