Indonesia TV reported that the lost AirAsia flight QZ8501 had 149 Indonesians, 3 Koreans, 1 Singaporean, 1 Briton and 1 Malaysian on board.
Flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore had lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 this morning. It had been due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. Singapore time (0030 GMT).
Meanwhile, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.
AirAsia has established an Emergency Call Centre that is available for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft.
The number is: +622129850801. AirAsia will release further information as soon as it becomes available.
Updated information will also be posted on the AirAsia website, www.airasia.com.
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2014-12/28/content_34426228.htm
28/12/14
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Indonesien: Passagierflugzeug vom Radar verschwunden
ReplyDeleteEin Airbus der malaysischen Fluggesellschaft Air Asia ist auf dem Weg von Indonesien nach Singapur verschwunden. Die Suchaktion läuft, an Bord befinden sich 162 Menschen.
Ein Flugzeug mit 162 Menschen an Bord ist von dem Radar verschwunden. Rund 42 Minuten nach dem Start vom Flughafen Surabaya in Indonesien habe die Flugaufsicht den Kontakt zur Maschine verloren, sagte ein Sprecher des Transportministeriums. Das Flugzeug der malaysischen Fluggesellschaft Air Asia war auf dem Weg nach Singapur. Die dortige Zivilluftfahrtbehörde teilte mit, die Kommunikation sei um 7:24 Uhr (Ortszeit) abgebrochen.
Laut Air Asia handelt es sich bei der Maschine um einen Airbus vom Typ A320-200. Such- und Rettungsmaßnahmen seien angelaufen. Für die Billigfluglinie Air Asia ist es der erste derartige Vorfall.
An Bord von Flug QZ8501 sind sieben Crewmitglieder und 155 Passagiere, darunter 16 Kinder. Sechs der Fluggäste stammen aus dem Ausland, darunter drei Südkoreaner und jeweils eine Person aus Singapur, Großbritannien und Malaysia....................http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2014-12/airbus-verschwunden-indonesien-air-asia
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called Indonesian President Joko Widodo to offer help. "Two RSAF C-130 search and locate aircrafts are on standby. Our ministers will follow up," Mr Lee tweeted...................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html
ReplyDelete3.07pm: AirAsia senior management in Singapore says current plan is for media briefing to be held in Indonesia.
ReplyDelete2.57pm: According to real-time weather monitoring & lightning detection network Weather Bug, there were lightning strikes near path of flight QZ8501 between 2309hrs & 2320hrs UTC. around the time the flight went missing..................http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/live-updates-airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing
AirAsia QZ8501's return flight from Singapore to Surabaya, QZ8502, has been delayed by 8 hours, and is now scheduled to take off from Changi Airport's Terminal 1 at 10.35pm....................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html
ReplyDelete4.42PM: The Jakarta Post has quoted an official from Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency as saying that flight QZ8501 is believed to have crashed at the location 03.22.46 South and 108.50.07 East, in waters around 80 to 100 nautical miles from Belitung.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Indonesia's Metro TV, the search will focus on the waters around South Borneo.
4.40PM: "My only thought are with the passengers and my crew. We put our hope in the SAR (search and rescue) operation and thank the Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysian governments": AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, who is en route to Surabaya, departure city of flight QZ8501.................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html
09:00 GMT:
ReplyDeleteIt’s been more than eight hours since contact was lost with AirAsia flight QZ8501. The plane only had fuel for 4.5 hours.
08:57 GMT:
Indonesian national search and rescue radars haven’t detected signals from the emergency location transmitter, says Sutrisno, the head of Basarnas, the national agency in Jakarta, as cited by Detik.com. The transmitter becomes operational once a plane is struck from outside or falls into the water. Either the plane managed to land smoothly or the transmitter was defective, the official says..............http://rt.com/news/218155-missing-airasia-flight-updates/
5.58PM: Another AirAsia flight, AK6242 from Penang to Langkawi, has turned back due to technical difficulties, Malaysia's New Straits Times reports.
ReplyDelete5.25PM: Indonesia's Ambassador to Singapore, Andri Hadi, has arrived at the relatives' holding area at Singapore's Changi Airport, where about 20 relatives and friends are waiting for updates on the AirAsia flight.
The next-of-kin of the Singaporean on board the flight have been contacted and are at the holding area, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said, adding that they are being provided with "all necessary assistance and support"...............http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/liveblog-airasia-qz8501/1553132.html
Radars of Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) have not registered any signals of locator beacon of the AirAsia aircraft, which allegedly crashed into the Java Sea on Sunday, head of Basarnas office in Jakarta said...
ReplyDelete“Usually an airplane radio beacon gives the signal in case of external influence. If such an influence took place or if the plane dropped into the water, there should be a signal anyway,” Sutrisno said as quoted by the Detik.com................http://sputniknews.com/asia/20141228/1016328673.html
Suspenden la búsqueda del avión desaparecido de AirAsia con 162 personas a bordo ...
ReplyDeleteLas tareas de búsqueda han quedado suspendidas por falta de luz al caer la noche
11:42 GMT:
ReplyDeleteThe search for the AirAsia plane has been suspended for the night and will be resumed tomorrow, Indonesian officials say.
Search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 suspended for night...
ReplyDeleteRescuers searching for a missing AirAsia flight, which lost contact with air traffic controllers with 162 people on board, have stopped their search for the night, Indonesia's transport ministry has said.
Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, was en route from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, Indonesian officials said...........http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1228/669266-airasia-plane-missing-en-route-to-singapore/
AirAsia QZ8501: 'Pings' detected in plane search ...
ReplyDelete"Pings" have been detected in the Java Sea which could have come from the "black box" flight recorders of AirAsia flight QZ8501, officials say.
The commander of the Indonesian armed forces, Gen Moeldoko, told the BBC divers had been sent to investigate.
The pings were heard near where the tail of the plane was found, which could mean the black box was separated from the rear part of the plane.
QZ8501 disappeared from radar on 28 December with 162 people on board.
No survivors have been found from the plane, which was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore.................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30738613
9/1/15
Indonesia search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have detected pings in their efforts to find the black box recorders, Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee, told Reuters on Friday...
ReplyDeleteIndonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28 less than half way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board.
Indonesian search teams loaded lifting balloons on to helicopters on Friday ahead of an operation to raise the tail section of the jet, although Sayogo said it appeared that the black box was no longer in the tail and divers were confirming its position.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Pings-detected-in-search-for-AirAsia-jets-black-box-investigator-says-387204
9/1/15
AirAsia QZ8501: Plane tail lifted from seabed ...
ReplyDeleteThe Indonesian navy has retrieved from the seabed the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed two weeks ago.
Divers used an inflatable device to pull the tail to the sea's surface.
They are also searching for the plane's "black box" flight recorders, which officials believe have been separated from the tail section.
QZ8501 disappeared from radar in bad weather on 28 December with 162 people on board. It was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore.
Forty-eight bodies have been retrieved so far. Search teams believe most of the remains may still be inside the fuselage of the plane, which has yet to be found.
On Friday, pings were detected in the Java Sea near where the tail was found. Officials said they could have come from the plane's "black box" flight recorders.
Crucial clues
The rear part of the Airbus A320-200 was spotted on Wednesday by an unmanned underwater vehicle at a depth of about 30m (100ft).................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30759166
10/1/15
AirAsia flight QZ8501 'climbed too fast'...
ReplyDeleteThe AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling, Indonesia's transport minister has said.
Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta that flight QZ8501 had ascended at a speed of 6,000ft (1,828m) per minute.
No passenger or fighter jet would attempt to climb so fast, he said.
There were no survivors when the plane crashed on 28 December, en route from Surabaya to Singapore............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30902237
20/1/15