- December 28, 2014
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Aircraft airline AirAsia, was flying at number QZ8501 from Indonesia Surabaya to Singapore, lost contact with terrestrial services in Jakarta 07 24 am local time (23:24 GMT).
On board the Airbus A320-200 airliner were 162 people.
AirAsia – Malaysia’s budget airline. Flight QZ8501 carried her Indonesian affiliate AirAsia Indonesia.
Shortly before the crew car is flying at an altitude of 10,500 meters, controllers asked permission to deviate from the course and gain about two kilometers altitude to get out of thick clouds told Indonesian media representative aeronautical administration Hadi Mustofa.
At the time of loss due liner overcame about half way and was over the Javanese sea between the Indonesian islands of Java and Kalimantan. Major natural disturbances in the area were observed.
According to Indonesian officials, no distress plane did not file.
The company AirAsia notified about the beginning of the search and rescue operations.
“Unfortunately, at the moment we do not have data on the fate of the passengers and crew members, and will provide information as they become available,” – said in a press release.
The plane was supposed to arrive in Singapore about 08:30.
Perfect history
According to information provided by the airline on board the plane were 155 passengers. Among them 16 children and one baby. Also on board were two pilots, flight engineer and four flight attendants.
Among the passengers, three South Koreans, one Briton, one Malaysian and one resident of Singapore and the rest of the citizens of Indonesia. The Russian Embassy in Jakarta confirmed that the Russians on board the aircraft was not.
AirAsia, established in 1994, still has not lost a single machine and is one of the most effective and rapidly developing low-cost airlines in the world.
In 2014, two major accidents occurred with the aircraft main Malaysian airline companies Malaysia Airlines. One “Boeing” March 8 disappeared without a trace over the Indian Ocean, the other on July 17 was shot down over the Donbas. Killed a total of 537 people.
AirAsia Indonesia – Indonesian unit of Malaysian Airlines is headquartered in Jakarta.
The airline as domestic flights between the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, as well as international flights to Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Thailand.
In 2007, AirAsia Indonesiabyla entered in the “black list” of the EU over concerns about safety – along with many other Indonesian airlines. However, in 2010 a ban on flights to Europe was filmed for her.
As AirAsia, AirAsia Indonesia and proud of its impeccable history of flight. The incident with the flight QZ8501 – the only notable incident since the founding of both airlines.
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