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AirAsia Indonesia has verified QZ8501 has reported missing with 162 aboard. Departed Surabaya, Indonesia 0532 local time, last contact with ATC 0714 local Singapore time / 0614 Western Indonesia Time Sunday, 28 Dec 2014. QZ8501 was due to arrive SIN 0837 local time.
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia is on Western Indonesia Time (WIB), UTC +7.
Originally Posted by AirAsia Indonesia FaceBook page
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 0535 hours.
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 en route 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.
Originally Posted by gpeso8
I'm in Indonesia right now and local TV is reporting that an emergency exit door was located they are also showing a body in the water (blurred out).
Originally Posted by BBC 30 Dec 2014
Indonesian officials have confirmed that bodies and debris found in the Java Sea off Borneo are from AirAsia flight QZ8501 that went missing on Sunday, a statement by AirAsia says.
The AirAsia statement said the remains were found in the Karimata Strait, south-west of Pangkalan Bun in the Borneo province of Central Kalimantan.
The AirAsia statement said the remains were found in the Karimata Strait, south-west of Pangkalan Bun in the Borneo province of Central Kalimantan.
Originally Posted by Aviation Herald
On Dec 31st 2014 the chairman of Indonesia's Search and Rescue Service stated in an evening press conference, that earlier reports about the fuselage having been located have been incorrect, the search is still ongoing, so far - referring to a report by CNN hitting global headlines - there are no sonar images of the fuselage as well. Correcting other media reports the chairman stressed that none of the bodies recovered so far was wearing a life vest. All valid information concerning QZ-8501 only and only comes from one source, namely the Search and Rescue Service which is currently in charge of the entire operation, the chairman stated with reference to the current information chaos.
AirAsia updates on QZ8501 http://qz8501.airasia.com/index.html
Aviation Herald: http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30620647
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AirAsia Indonesia QZ8501 SUB to SIN reported missing 0724 Sun 28 Dec 2014
Dec 27, 2014, 10:48 pm
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To be fair, sometimes reporters ask very leading questions in order to steer the "expert" they're interviewing into basically saying what they want. It's less common among real journalists, but very common among TV hosts "reporting" the news.
Dec 27, 2014, 10:49 pm
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More unconfirmed reports of a crash near East Belitung. I want to emphasize: unconfirmed.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...onesian-portal
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...onesian-portal
Dec 27, 2014, 10:49 pm
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It seems like weather, but I have to wonder about that because of the flights around it. In particular the Emirates flight literally just a couple miles ahead of it. It also was flying at FL320. Obviously, the pilots could've done something wrong if there was bad weather, but the fact that numerous other planes were in the area flying through the same weather makes it a bit odd...
Dec 27, 2014, 10:53 pm
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And to understand the 23 no shows, does anyone know whether that would mean totally losing all ticket value on AirAsia? I would guess yes, since this is a LCC.
Dec 27, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Bad weather might have led to late connecting flights. Don't think anything can be inferred from this yet.
Dec 27, 2014, 10:59 pm
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I see only 2 pax. on the manifest listed with the same first/last name that were no shows...but yes, that's odd. I do feel like no-shows in that part of the world may be a bit high...flight changes are a bit more 'lax
Also, to address the late connecting flights idea, I don't think so because this flight departed at 5:20am...
Dec 27, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Airline updated its facebook page with additional details of crew, passengers and last maintenance on plane. I updated the wiki
*EDIT*
Same info was already posted upthread by SFOPhD
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24061172-post65.html
*EDIT*
Same info was already posted upthread by SFOPhD
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24061172-post65.html
Dec 27, 2014, 11:00 pm
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Seat Guru says 180 seats...so 177 would be possible.
I see only 2 pax. on the manifest listed with the same first/last name that were no shows...but yes, that's odd. I do feel like no-shows in that part of the world may be a bit high...flight changes are a bit more 'lax
Also, to address the late connecting flights idea, I don't think so because this flight departed at 5:20am...
I see only 2 pax. on the manifest listed with the same first/last name that were no shows...but yes, that's odd. I do feel like no-shows in that part of the world may be a bit high...flight changes are a bit more 'lax
Also, to address the late connecting flights idea, I don't think so because this flight departed at 5:20am...
Dec 27, 2014, 11:01 pm
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Dec 27, 2014, 11:02 pm
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Earlier it was one UK national, CNN is saying not, and now it's one French person. I wonder if passengers with multiple passports are causing confusion.
Dec 27, 2014, 11:02 pm
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Dec 27, 2014, 11:05 pm
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Most Indonesians have just a single name, so I assume that to make the computer systems happy they enter that name twice.
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Dec 27, 2014, 11:05 pm
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