China News Service, December 28 According to Singapore's "Straits Times", on the 28th, the director of air traffic of the Indonesian Ministry of Transport said that the missing flight QZ8501 did not send a distress signal.
The missing QZ8501 belonged to Air Indonesia, which is 49% owned by Malaysian AirAsia. At present, the Indonesian and Singapore air forces have launched search operations.
According to the latest information provided by AirAsia, there are 156 Indonesians, 3 Koreans, 1 French, 1 Malaysian, and 1 Singaporean, for a total of 162 passengers and crew on board.
Flight QX8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore, took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 5:35 local time and lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m.
Currently, the Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is guiding the search and rescue. AirAsia will fully cooperate with Indonesia and assist in all forms of investigation.
Original title: Indonesian official: The missing AirAsia flight did not send a distress signal |
Posted on 12/28/2014 8:24:45 PM
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