A file photo of an AirAsia Airbus passenger plane. PHOTO: AFP
JAKARATA: An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with air traffic control en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, an official said.
"The AirAsia flight flying from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with Jakarta at 7:55am local time," transport ministry spokesperson JA Barata told AFP.
The Airbus plane left Juanda international airport in Surabaya in east Java at 5:20am and was expected to arrive in Singapore at 8:30am local time.
The plane was carrying six crew and 155 passengers – 138 adults, 16 children and a baby, Barata said.
December 28, 2014 at 10:23AM
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
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