Disappeared airline AirAsia plane. On board were 162 people – Newsweek Poland

The machine cost Malaysian airline AirAsia lost contact with air traffic control, flying from Indonesia to Singapore.

The machine, marked QZ 8501 flight lost contact with air traffic control at Jakarta. 6.17 (0.17 Polish time), 42 minutes after the start and one hour before the planned arrival.

According to a representative of the Ministry of Transport of Indonesia Hadi Mustofa to loss of communication occurred when the aircraft was probably the Java Sea, between the islands Borneo and Java. In the region remained cloudy.

The pilot asked for permission to fly at an altitude of 38 thousand. feet, which is about six thousand feet higher, because – as he said – he wanted to avoid clouds. Airline officials ensure that the two pilots were experienced workers.

The machine was coming from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

By AirAsia on board were 155 passengers and seven crew members. 157 people are Indonesians, three citizens of South Korea and one from Singapore and Malaysia. On board were 16 children and a baby.

By AirAsia on board were 155 passengers and seven members of the crew.

The Malaysian carrier said that rescue operation was initiated exploration. The search turned up a Singapore Civil Aviation Authority and two local Air Force aircraft and Navy.

The past year proved to be disastrous for Malaysian Airline – Reuters notes. State carrier Malaysia Airlines lost two machines. One of them, the flight MH 370 with 239 passengers on board, March 8 disappeared under mysterious circumstances before a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The second plane was shot down on July 17 on the territory of Ukraine; killed all the people on board, a total of 298 people.

Disappeared airline AirAsia plane. On board were 162 people – Newsweek Poland