Air Asia flight bound for Singapore lost contact with air traffic

[eErotica69]

The important clue is the race and religion of the pilot..

Jiu hu kia Tonychat does it matter? The pilot is most likely a Malaysian like you. Also the airline is a Malaysia airline.

Instead of rallying behind your own country Malaysia and the airline, you distance yourself from them based on religion and race.

You are not only an ungrateful economic refugee of Singapore, but one big ungrateful Malaysian. You are a disgrace to your country and parents!

Phui!!

 

[sochi2014]

Who here is still planning for retirement?

 

[tonychat]

i think all bets were off - in the plane's safe arrival at destination, once the pilot changed course.
the indon's atc in tracking / monitoring the flight path would be "off" their radars, given their bo-chap competence

So now we need air force tracking to give them clues.. But first need to know the race and religion of the pilot.

 

[eErotica69]

So now we need air force tracking to give them clues.. But first need to know the race and religion of the pilot.

Jiu hu kia Tonychat does it matter? The pilot is most likely a Malaysian like you. Also the airline is a Malaysia airline.

Instead of rallying behind your own country Malaysia and the airline, you distance yourself from them based on religion and race.

You are not only an ungrateful economic refugee of Singapore, but one big ungrateful Malaysian. You are a disgrace to your country and parents!

Phui!!

 

[virus]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said on Sunday it has activated its air force and navy to help in the search and rescue operation for the AirAsia jet that went missing on a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.

"Two C130s are already on stand-by for this purpose. We remain ready to provide any assistance to support the search and rescue effort," the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said in a statement.

A waiting area, and facilities and support have been set up for relatives at Changi Airport Terminal 2, it said.

WHAT'S the purpose of standby and do a aerial search if it is not in the air?

 

[eErotica69]

WHAT'S the purpose of standby and do a aerial search if it is not in the air?

Bro is air to surface search. Fly from top to look down at the sea. Can cover a wider area comparing to surface to surface (ship) searching. Of course less thorough

 

[Northstar]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30614627

 

[AhMeng]

An Air Asia flight travelling from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Metro TV reported on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AIRASIA
An Air Asia plane travelling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Indonesia's Metro TV reported on Sunday.

QZ 8501 took off from Surabaya on Sunday morning and was scheduled to land at Changi Airport at 0830 hrs, according to Metro TV.

But the plane lost contact in Indonesian airspace at around 0710 hrs, said the report.

There are reportedly 162 people on board.

Alamak TS....is this you?

 

[eErotica69]

Alamak TS....is this you?

Ah Meng, stir shit again?

 

[AhMeng]

Ah Meng, stir shit again?

just curious mah....u started it hor.

 

[Talking Donkey]

R.I.P.
Flight Air Asia 8501 taking off from changi airport




the captain



and the 3 crew members



waiting for more conspiracy theories..

 

[tonychat]

Aren't all the missing planes pilots are of the same race and religion?

 

[rocket]

Alamak TS....is this you?

Gong kia bin.

 

[chootchiew]

Gong kia bin.

haha i say kena bully bin

 

[SadPlumpGirl]

Gong kia bin.

i also checked....PHD in Mathematics ok..mai siao siao...

 

[SadPlumpGirl]

haha i say kena bully bin

Dun pray pray ok...37 years old and live in Bishan st 13...


http://www.hometuitioncare.com.sg/parent/profile/?tutorid=5682

 

[chootchiew]

Dun pray pray ok...37 years old and live in Bishan st 13...


http://www.hometuitioncare.com.sg/parent/profile/?tutorid=5682

his face can pray pray type, hit his head hard hard , kick his butt and run around him , he will just cry and run home for mummy.

 

[chootchiew]

IMHO flying a plane is a very risky action. You are putting your life at risk by a man made machine and a stranger pilot. Next time think again before going for holiday.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

This time shouldn't it b harder to lose a plane? Surely protocols would have been implemented to prevent the transmitters on the plane from being switched off n radar should have been tracking it as this plane is not flying in some ulu part of the world.

 

[Animalize]

Massive search and rescue operation underway after AirAsia flight carrying 162 people disappears in storm off the coast of Indonesia where 'wreckage has been spotted'

• The AirAsia flight departed Indonesia early on Sunday morning
  
• It was scheduled to land at Singapore's Changi Airport on Sunday morning
  
• The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said that the plane had contacted Jakarta Air Traffic Control at 6.12am, and lost contact at 6.17am
• There were 155 passengers on board, and seven airline crew
• Nationalities of the passengers and crew include Singaporean, Malaysian, French, British, South Korean, and Indonesian
• Search and rescue operations are underway by Indonesian authorities
• There are unconfirmed reports of a wreckage being spotted in the Java Sea, 100 miles away from where the planes was last tracked
• Fishing boats and official vessels have been sent out by Indonesia's national search and rescue body from the closest port to where the plane was last tracked

By Heather Mcnab for Daily Mail Australia and Richard Shears and Lucy Thackray and Louise Cheer
Published: 03:45 GMT, 28 December 2014 | Updated: 10:14 GMT, 28 December 2014

A massive search and rescue operation is under way for a missing Air Asia flight bound for Singapore from Indonesia which lost contact with air traffic control after flying through bad weather.

Fishing boats and official vessels were sent out by Indonesia's national search and rescue authority, along with helicopters and Hercules aircraft from Singapore.

There is an unconfirmed report of a wreckage spotted east of Belitung Island in the Java Sea, 100 miles from where the plane was last tracked.

An AirAsia flight - which was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC (pictured above) - that departed Surabaya early Sunday morning was meant to land at Changi Airport

Family and friends arrive at Surabaya airport to learn about their loved ones on-board the missing flight

The last communication between QZ8501's pilot and air traffic control was when he requested to increase his altitude due to bad weather

Boats have been sent from Tanjung Pandan, the largest town on Belitung Island, but are not expected to reach the area until midnight local time, due to inclement weather and sea conditions, reported The Sun Herald.

AirAsia flight QZ8501 departed Surabaya, in Indonesia, on Sunday at 5.30am local time, and was scheduled to land at Changi Airport, in Singapore, at 8.30am (Singapore local time).

The airline confirmed there were 155 passengers on board - including 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant, and have also stated there were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board.

Nationalities of passengers and crew on-board are one Singaporean, one Malaysian, one French, three South Koreans and 156 Indonesians.

However, the British Foreign Office confirmed today that a British national was on board the flight. It is unclear if the person was a dual-citizen.

A spokesman confirmed the Briton's next of kin had been informed and said: 'Our thoughts are with the passengers' families as they await further news.'

According to Indonesia’s Director of Air Transport, Djoko Murjatmodjo, contact with the aircraft was lost between Tanjung Pandan and Pontianak, a trading port city in west Kalimantan about 100 nautical miles south east of Tanjung Pandan.

AirAsia Indonesia has released a statement on Facebook saying that: '[It] regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07.24hrs this morning'.

'At the present time, we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available,' it said.

'At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.'

Tatang Zaenudin, deputy of personnel at Basarnas, said that the agency was working to approve flights from Australia to aid with the huge operation to locate the plane, reported The Sun Herald.

Air Asia has changed the colour of their logo from red to grey as a mark of respect to the missing plane.

The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.

Malaysia Airlines, who has lost two carrier engines this year, released a tweet in support of Air Asia

AirAsia have confirmed there were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board

There were 155 passengers on board - including 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant.

The last communication between QZ8501's pilot and air traffic control was when he requested to increase his altitude due to bad weather.

According to a leaked air traffic control sheet, the plane’s speed had dropped to 353 knots, suggesting it was having trouble climbing, perhaps because of severe weather.

Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas, speaking to Sydney’s Channel Seven tv network, said the fact that the pilots had reportedly not issued a distress call suggested that the aircraft might have suffered a sudden, catastrophic event.

Timeline of Air Asia flight QZ8501

• Departed Surabaya, Indonesia, at 5.35am local time
• At 6.12am Indonesian time, the plane's pilot requested to change the travel height of the plane to an altitude of 38,000 feet
• 6.17am Air Asia flight QZ8501 loses contact with Jakarta Air Traffic Control
• 6.18am the flight disappears from radar
• 7.55am the flight is declared missing
  

Djoko Atmojio, Director General of Aviation, Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said that the plane had contacted Jakarta Air Traffic Control at 6.12am.

'During that contact, the Jakarta Air Traffic Control could still identify the plane on the radar screen,' Mr Atmojito said.

'The plane stated that it was trying to avoid cloud and directed the plane to the left of M635 route and asked to go up to altitude 38,00 feet,' he said.

'We have not received the ELT (distress) signal so our conclusion so far is the plane lost contact at 6.17 a.m.'

The flight was scheduled to take two hours and ten minutes, and the plane lost contact 42 minutes into the flight time.

An A320 pilot writing on the aviation forum Aviation.net said the weather as the Air Asia flight headed north east was ‘nasty’ but he believed that it would not be enough to cause a major structural failure.

‘While the weather on the route looks rather nasty, I have always found that the A320 is a really sold aircraft in turbulence,' the pilot, writing from Canada, said

'I've flown it through bad winter storms, tropical thunderstorms and all sorts of combined weather and I’ve never felt that the aircraft was being held together on a hope and a prayer.'

Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.

Djoko Atmojio, Director General of Aviation, Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said that the plane had contacted Jakarta Air Traffic Control at 6.12am

The last communication between QZ8501's pilot and air traffic control was when he requested to increase his altitude to 34,000 feet due to bad weather

There was a lot of wild weather around the area where the flight went missing

A BRIEF HISTORY OF AIRASIA

• Flight QZ 8501 is operated by Air Asia Indonesia

• The company was formed in 2001 in KL, Malaysia

• Joint venture with aviation companies in Thailand, Philippines

• Impeccable safety record – no incidents since 2001

• It is a low-cost airline that flies between 22 countries

• Also travels to Australia, Japan and India

• AirAsia serves longer haul routes including Bali to Perth and Melbourne

He said the QZ8501 flight lost contact when it was believed to be over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java islands.

The captain-in-command is listed as Captain Iriyanto - many Indonesians use only one name.

According to the airline, he had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer - understood to be French pilot Remi Emmanual Plesel - has a total of 2,275 flying hours.

The four flight attendants are listed as Wanti Setiawati, Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi, Oscar Desano and Wismoyo Ari Prambudi, along with technician Saiful Rakhmad.

On Christmas Eve, Desano wrote on Twitter: ‘Merry Christmas to all my beautiful friends who celebrate it.’

He also posted a picture of himself wearing his Air Asia identification tag.

Air Asia flies mostly in the South East Asian area, its reach being as far as Sydney and the Queensland Gold Coast.

The airline is headed by prominent South East Asian businessman Tony Fernandes, the owner of English football club Queens Park Rangers.

Mr Fernandes tweeted: 'On my way to Surabaya where most of the passangers are from as with my Indonesian management. Providing information as we get it.'

Flight attendent Oscar Desano (above right) is believed to have been on board the missing flight

On Christmas Eve, Desano (middle) wrote on Twitter: ‘Merry Christmas to all my beautiful friends who celebrate it.’

The Department of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement to Fairfax Media, saying it was checking with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and the Australian High Commissioner in Singapore to see if any of the passengers were holding an Australian passport.

'Those concerned about the welfare of their Australian family and friends who were known to be travelling on this flight should contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135 (or +61 2 6261 3305 if calling from overseas),' the statement read.

The Foreign Office confirmed today it is investigating whether a Briton was on board the flight, following conflicting reports from authorities.

Air Asia said a British national was not on board the plane, but Trikora Raharjo, the general manager of Surabaya's Juanda airport, said he believed there was.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: ‘We are aware of reports of an incident regarding Air Asia flight QZ 8501.

‘Our thoughts are with the passengers' families as they await further news. We are aware of reports of a British national on board and are liaising urgently with the local authorities to establish further details.’

Indonesian authorities have accepted an offer of help with the search for the missing flight from the Singapore Rescue Coordination Centre.

A C130 aircrafts has been requested, with another on stand-by, according to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

InsideSingapore airport, the arrival boards is asking those picking up passengers of QZ8501 to go to the counter

A relatives' holding area has been established at Singapore's Changi Airport

'A waiting area, and all necessary facilities and support have been set up for relatives and friends of the affected passengers at Changi Airport Terminal 2 (Level 3),' it said.

Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas said time was of the essence when trying to locate a missing plane.

'When the plane loses contact with the control tower the authorities need to start investigating immediately,’ Mr Thomas told Sky News.

'When MH370 went missing it took them a couple of hours to do anything about it, which is far too long.

'It appears that today there have been a couple of hours lag, at least, before something was done.

'But at least there are plenty of daylight hours left.'

Air Asia has changed their logo from red to grey out of respect for the missing plane and those on board

The flight manifest for the aircraft has been released, about six hours after it went missing

Mr Thomas said the flight path meant the aircraft flew over water for most of the route.

'The fact that they asked for a different flight path indicates that they were trying to manoeuvre around the storms,' he said.

'This is also a very heavy thunderstorm area and the weather can be very nasty.'

At Singapore airport, relatives and friends waiting to greet the passengers grew increasingly anxious when they were told that the flight was delayed.

Announcements on the arrivals board and a statement on the airline's website also relayed the information about the flight being delayed.

The flight departed Surabaya airport (pictured) in Indonesia on Sunday morning

It was meant to land at Changi Airport (above) before contact was lost at 7.24am (Indonesian local time)

The scenes were reminiscent of those in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur airports as families and friends became aware that something was seriously wrong when the two doomed Malaysia Airlines jets failed to arrive on schedule.

MH370 disappeared in March while on its way from Malaysia to China when it lost contact. The aircraft has not been seen since.

Five months later, MH17 was flying over Ukrainian airspace when it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. All 298 people on board the flight died, including 38 Australians.

AirAsia has established an Emergency Call Centre available for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft. The number for the hotline is +622129850801.

More to come.

Statement from Air Asia regarding the missing plane

AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (Surabaya LT) this morning. The flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 0535hours.

The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board.

The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours

There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew.

Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are as below:

1 Singapore
1 Malaysia
1 France
3 South Korean
156 Indonesia

At this time, search and rescue operations are being conducted under the guidance of The Indonesia of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). AirAsia Indonesia is cooperating fully and assisting the investigation in every possible way.

The aircraft was on the submitted flight plan route and was requesting deviation due to enroute weather before communication with the aircraft was lost while it was still under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control (ATC).

The aircraft had undergone its last scheduled maintenance on 16 November 2014.

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.