An AirAsia flight with 162 people onboard going from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after asking to change its course to avoid bad weather.
An AirAsia flight with 162 people onboard going from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after asking to change its course to avoid bad weather.
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A flight arrival information signboard shows the status of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore at Changi Airport in Singapore. — Reuters
A Changi Airport staff holds up a sign to direct possible next-of-kins of passengers of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, at Changi Airport. — Reuters
A relative of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 weeps as she waits for the latest news on the missing jetliner at Juanda Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. — AP
Family members of passengers of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda Airport. — AFP
An unidentifed relative, left, of a passenger on board AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore is surrounded by the media as she leaves the holding area at Changi Airport. — AFP
Director general of civil aviation Djoko Murjatmodjo, centre, briefs journalists during a press conference in Jakarta. —AFP
Family members of passengers on board AirAsia flight QZ 8501 talk on their phones while waiting for information inside a crisis centre at Juanda Airport in Surabaya. — Reuters
An official from Indonesia's national search and rescue agency in Medan, North Sumatra points at his computer screen to the position where AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing off the waters of Indonesia. — AFP
A family member of a passenger of missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 gathers at Juanda Airport. — AFP
A lady, centre, who said she was a relative of a passenger travelling on the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 is interviewed by the media at Terminal 1 of Singapore's Changi Airport. — AFP
Rohana, the mother of Khairunisa, a flight attendant who was travelling on missing Air Asia Flight QZ 8501, points towards her daughter, left, within a framed family photograph in Palembang, South Sumatra. — AFP
Jiang Hui, a relative of passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, watches a TV news about a missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, during their year-end gathering, at his house in Beijing, China. — AP
Indonesia's vice-president Jusuf Kalla, centre, speaks to the media regarding AirAsia Flight QZ8501 during a visit to the National Search and Rescue Agency in Jakarta. — Reuters
Passengers queue for their flights at the AirAsia check-in counter in Changi Airport. — AP
