Air Asia flight gone missing

[sashimaalTop contributor]

Air Asia flight QZ 8501, Air bus A 320 - 200 travelling from Indonesia to Singapore with 155 on board has gone missing

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[sashimaalTop contributor]

@colombogazette: No Sri Lankans reported on board the Air Asia flight which has gone missing while heading to Singapore from Indonesia #srilanka #lka

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

What's going on ?
Another plane gone missing !
Is it someone wants to make the safest mode, the most unsafe and take us back to Donkey ride era again ?

[pushpakumara]

Now a days Military air crafts are safer than civilian air crafts or else Bermuda Triangle has shifted to this region of the world?..... Could the fate be same as for MH 370? Time will tell us...

[Ethical TraderTop contributor]

AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing
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Indonesian media say more than 160 people were on board the Airbus A320-200

An AirAsia flight travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the company has said.

Indonesian media say more than 160 people were on the Airbus A320-200.

Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia tweeted.

Malaysia's national carrier Malaysia Airlines has suffered two disasters this year - flights MH370 and MH17 - but AirAsia has never lost a plane.

Flight MH370 disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July, killing all 298 on board.

Search and rescue operations are under way for the missing aircraft.

The flight had been due to arrive in Singapore at 08:30 (00:30GMT).
The flight arrivals board at Changi Airport in Singapore, where the AirAsia flight was due The flight arrivals board at Changi Airport in Singapore, where the AirAsia flight was due

There were six foreigners on board the flight, reports say, three from South Korea and one each from the UK Malaysia and Singapore. The rest of the passengers were Indonesian.

An official with the transport ministry, Hadi Mustofa, told local media the plane lost contact over the Java Sea, between the islands of Kalimantan and Java.

He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact and that the weather had been cloudy.

AirAsia have given few other details.

"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," a company statement said.

AirAsia has set up an emergency line for family or friends of those who may be on board. The number is +622 129 850 801.

The company's chief executive, Tony Fernandes, tweeted: "Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. We must stay strong."

[pushpakumara]

Major part of the route is over sea. It is reported bad weather and requested flight 'deviation'.

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

I am sure, the Commander who asked for the deviation (to ascend to 39,000 feet) must have given a valid reason as to why such a request being made and it will be on the tape.
Perhaps, he may have misread the onboard weather radar (the vertical depth of the bad weather brewing ahead of him then).
On the hindsight, turning back would have been a better choice.

Major part of the route is over sea. It is reported bad weather and requested flight 'deviation'.

[Jana1Top contributor]

Bermuda Triangle has shifted to this region of the world?.....

I think there is a drama is going on to put Malaysia down by wealthy country. All three carriers are Malaysian and last two incidents has left many suspicious. MH370- no trace of its wreckage yet, MH17- before the wreckage touch the ground US claimed Russia was the reason even though the neighbors (people who saw the incident) claimed a fighter jet had flown and shoot the flight. Why MH-17 info was well captured while MH-370 remain mystery for a year? Who is hinding the real reason of MH-370?

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

විදේස් කුමන්ත්‍රනයක්

Bermuda Triangle has shifted to this region of the world?.....

I think there is a drama is going on to put Malaysia down by wealthy country. All three carriers are Malaysian and last two incidents has left many suspicious. MH370- no trace of its wreckage yet, MH17- before the wreckage touch the ground US claimed Russia was the reason even though the neighbors (people who saw the incident) claimed a fighter jet had flown and shoot the flight. Why MH-17 info was well captured while MH-370 remain mystery for a year? Who is hinding the real reason of MH-370?

[pushpakumara]

Bermuda Triangle has shifted to this region of the world?.....

I think there is a drama is going on to put Malaysia down by wealthy country. All three carriers are Malaysian and last two incidents has left many suspicious. MH370- no trace of its wreckage yet, MH17- before the wreckage touch the ground US claimed Russia was the reason even though the neighbors (people who saw the incident) claimed a fighter jet had flown and shoot the flight. Why MH-17 info was well captured while MH-370 remain mystery for a year? Who is hinding the real reason of MH-370?

My gut feeling say someone somewhere in the world should know what really has happened in relation to MH 370 and MH17.

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

Even God have nap times (like you and me) too.

[WasteofTime]

Even God have nap times (like you and me) too.

"Allah! There is no god but He - the Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him Nor Sleep. His are all things In the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede In His presence except As he permitteth? He knoweth What (appeareth to His creatures As) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass Aught of his knowledge Except as He willeth. His throne doth extend Over the heavens And on earth, and He feeleth No fatigue in guarding And preserving them, For He is the Most High. The Supreme (in glory)." [Surah al-Baqarah 2: 255]

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

What a tragedy, if it had happened not during one of the nap times ?

Even God have nap times (like you and me) too.

"Allah! There is no god but He - the Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him Nor Sleep. His are all things In the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede In His presence except As he permitteth? He knoweth What (appeareth to His creatures As) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass Aught of his knowledge Except as He willeth. His throne doth extend Over the heavens And on earth, and He feeleth No fatigue in guarding And preserving them, For He is the Most High. The Supreme (in glory)." [Surah al-Baqarah 2: 255]

[WasteofTime]

what if God want them to die this way?

What a tragedy, if it had happened not during one of the nap times ?

Even God have nap times (like you and me) too.

"Allah! There is no god but He - the Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him Nor Sleep. His are all things In the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede In His presence except As he permitteth? He knoweth What (appeareth to His creatures As) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass Aught of his knowledge Except as He willeth. His throne doth extend Over the heavens And on earth, and He feeleth No fatigue in guarding And preserving them, For He is the Most High. The Supreme (in glory)." [Surah al-Baqarah 2: 255]

[pushpakumara]

I am sure, the Commander who asked for the deviation (to ascend to 39,000 feet) must have given a valid reason as to why such a request being made and it will be on the tape.
Perhaps, he may have misread the onboard weather radar (the vertical depth of the bad weather brewing ahead of him then).
On the hindsight, turning back would have been a better choice.

Major part of the route is over sea. It is reported bad weather and requested flight 'deviation'.

There had been few other aircrafts nearby when signal from the flight was lost, they probably may have some clue as to weather at that time and plight of the aircraft..

[chinwiTop contributor]