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AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact with air traffic control.
The airline said the Airbus A320-200 was lost from the radar at 7.24am (local time), after asking to fly higher to avoid clouds.
AirAsia said there were 155 passengers on board, including 16 children and one infant. Also on board were two pilots and five cabin crew.
The airline said there were 149 Indonesian passengers, three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian and one Briton.
Six of the crew were Indonesian, the other being from France.
As it happened: AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact with air traffic control; search halted for day - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The airline said the Airbus A320-200 was lost from the radar at 7.24am (local time), after asking to fly higher to avoid clouds.
AirAsia said there were 155 passengers on board, including 16 children and one infant. Also on board were two pilots and five cabin crew.
The airline said there were 149 Indonesian passengers, three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian and one Briton.
Six of the crew were Indonesian, the other being from France.
As it happened: AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact with air traffic control; search halted for day - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)