i. AirAsia Flight QZ8501 with 155
passengers on board -- including one British, one Malaysian, one
Singaporean, three Koreans, -- and seven crew members lost contact with
air traffic control at 0724 local time Indonesia.
ii. The plane took off Sunday
morning from Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, and was about
halfway to its destination, Singapore, when it vanished from radar.
iii.
Aircraft and ships that spent several hours searching Indonesian waters
turned up no sign of an AirAsia plane that disappeared with 162 people
on board.
iv. Aircraft searching for AirAsia Flight 8501 called off the effort for the night and will resume at Monday.
v. It is the third major aviation
incident involving Malaysia this year. In March, Malaysia Airlines
Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people, and in July, a jet from the same
airline was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard.
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