BREAKING: An AirAsia Flight From Indonesia To Singapore Has Gone Missing

Sarah Kimmorley

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An AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore has gone missing.
The airline has confirmed that flight number QZ 8501, from Surabaya to Singapore, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6.17 am local time.
Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa has told Reuters that the aircraft had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
There are believed to be 155 people onboard.
AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and runs domestic and international flights to 100 destinations spanning across 22 countries.
Following to disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 on March 8, the downing of MH17 on July 17, the TransAsia Airways crash on July 23 and the Air Algérie plane crash on July 24, 2014 has been the deadliest year on record for the international aviation industry.

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