AirAsia flight QZ8501: Search operation in sea near Belitung island started

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Search operation in sea near Belitung island started

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Search operation in sea near Belitung island operation started

 

Jakarta, Indonesia: Search operation has been started in sea because it is confirmed that #QZ8501 is down in the sea near Belitung island. Moreover Indonesian authorities confirmed that there is no possibility for missing flight #QZ8501 to continue flying because it had fuel for only 4.5hrs flight time.

The operation was halted at evening and will restart on tomorrow morning. Nothing is found of missing air craft in sea till the updating this news. It may be mentioned that MH370 of Malaysian Airliner was also lost in sea and has never found along with all passengers onboard.

It may be mentioned that AirAsia flight number QZ8501 with 162 people including 155 passengers onboard lost its control with Air tower after taking “unusual route.” Indonesian transport officials  confirmed that Airbus A320-200 left Indonesian city of Surabaya for Singapore and lost contact with air traffic control at 6:17 a.m. local time (23:17 GMT on Saturday). “Flight lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control, confirmed Transport Ministry spokesman Hadi Mustofa who further mentioned that the contact was lost at after the crew asked for an “unusual route.” The flight was due to land in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) and was listed as “delayed” but AirAsia confirmed the plane has gone missing in a statement when there was no contact from crew for next 3 hours. AirAsia statement said:

“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. Search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.”

An Emergency Call Center with the number +622129850801 has been established for family and friends of those who may have been on board the flight. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said that services have been “activated” to help Indonesia search for the missing flight.

Year 2014 can be considered as worst year regarding air crashes as MH370 and MH70 were biggest crashes of commercial flights and both were from Malaysian Air Lines.

 

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