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 … Read more
Indonesia and Malaysia have launched a search-and-rescue operation after an AirAsia flight disappeared over the Java Sea with 162 people on board early Sunday. Flight 8501 was scheduled to make a relatively short early-morning flight from Surabaya, BANGKOK — Indonesian authorities were searching for an AirAsia aircraft with 155 passengers onboard Sunday after air traffic … Read more
HONOLULU – US President Barack Obama was briefed on the disappearance of AirAsia flight 8501 on Saturday, said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. The flight lost contact with air traffic control in Indonesia. Obama was briefed on the situation while JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —AirAsia Flight 8501 has lost contact with air traffic control in Jakarta, … Read more