An AirAsia flight with 162 people aboard lost contact Sunday morning with air traffic control after encountering storms shortly after takeoff from Indonesia. The Airbus A320-200 plane had 155 passengers and seven crew members aboard when it lost
A flight reportedly carrying 162 people on board — 155 passengers plus 7 crew has disappeared from radar, and its location is currently unknown. Air Asia flight 8501 had taken off from Surabaya and was heading to
The plane's flight number is AirAsia Flight 8501. AirAsia issued a statement regarding the incident: AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at
Now one of Asia's most successful carriers, AirAsia was once a struggling Malaysian government-owned company. In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents. Keeping the brand name,
An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing in bad weather en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, the airline said, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year. Air traffic controllers lost