BREAKING An unconfirmed report from Jakarta says that QZ8501 is down in the sea near Belitung island.
According to Gulf Times, The pilot had asked to go to 38,000 feet to avoid clouds. Five minutes later, at 6.17 am, the tower in Jakarta lost contact with QZ8501.
The AirAsia flight, which was traveling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Changi, Singapore, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m local time Sunday.
According to a Reuters report, Transport Ministry air transportation director Joko Muryo Atmodjo said that 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.
According to Gulf Times, The pilot had asked to go to 38,000 feet to avoid clouds. Five minutes later, at 6.17 am, the tower in Jakarta lost contact with QZ8501.
The AirAsia flight, which was traveling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Changi, Singapore, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m local time Sunday.
According to a Reuters report, Transport Ministry air transportation director Joko Muryo Atmodjo said that 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.
BREAKING An unconfirmed report from Jakarta says that #QZ8501 is down in the sea near #Belitung island. pic.twitter.com/7A8Kaxpl6s
— austen blakemore (@austenblakemore) December 28, 2014
RT @WeatherBug Our lightning data has some strikes near the path of @AirAsia flight #QZ8501 between 23:09 & 23:20 UTC pic.twitter.com/wxKhI9eDuj
— Yahoo Philippines (@YahooPH) December 28, 2014
#QZ8501: passenger manifest details starting to appear on social media. Please refrain from circulating in respect for the families.
— Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) December 28, 2014
Thoughts are with the people onboard plane #QZ8501 and their loved ones.
— Q (@QThumbelina) December 28, 2014
all the best for our brothers who are in the plane let wish a miracle #PrayForAirAsia #QZ8501 [pic] — https://t.co/WDwI5pec9Z
— - (@mafarmu) December 28, 2014
#QZ8501 'was requesting deviation due to en route weather before communication was lost' - @AirAsia #AirAsiaMissing pic.twitter.com/JORkRCljon
— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) December 28, 2014
#AirAsia never had any fatal accidents in its history while #QZ8501's captain had 6,100 flying hrs
— Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes_QATAR) December 28, 2014
There are 155 passengers and seven crew on board the missing plane. Photo by Wallace Woon/EPA #AirAsia #QZ8501 pic.twitter.com/onIG54Y6vI
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) December 28, 2014
Other aircraft "@flightradar24: #QZ8501 was flying on FL320. Other aircraft in same area were flying on FL340-FL390. pic.twitter.com/uWbE6ScxEU"
— Muhaimin (@muhaiminsastro) December 28, 2014
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