AirAsia plane with 162 aboard missing
Monday, 29 December 2014
JAKARTA, Dec 28 (AFP): An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, officials and the Malaysian airline said. "The AirAsia flight flying from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with Jakarta at 7:55am (local time)," Indonesian transport ministry spokesman J.A. Barata told AFP.
The Airbus A320-200 left Juanda international airport in Surabaya in east Java at 5:20am and was expected to arrive in Singapore at 8:30am (0030 GMT).
Indonesia's air transportation director general, Djoko Murjatmodjo, told AFP the plane was carrying seven crew and 155 passengers -- 138 adults, 16 children and a baby.