An AirAsia flight with 162 passengers and crew on board has lost contact with air traffic control. The flight by the low-cost airline had left the Indonesian city of Surabaya heading to Singapore when it disappeared at 7:24 a.m. Sunday, local time - 42 minutes into its flight, about halfway to its destination.
AirAsia Passenger Jet Missing
5
An airport official checks a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authorities for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Dec. 28, 2014.
6
Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Dec. 28, 2014.
7
A flight information signboard shows the status of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore at Changi Airport in Singapore, Dec. 28, 2014.
8
A man is silhouetted against an electronic sign board instructing relatives and next-of-kin to gather at a holding area at the Changi International Airport in Singapore, where AirAsia Flight 8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia was scheduled to land, Dec. 28, 2014 .