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An AirAsia flight bound from Indonesia to Singapore with 155 people on board lost contact with air traffic control Sunday morning, with search and rescue operations underway, the airline said.
The flight, QZ8501, from the Indonesian city of Surabaya, departed around 5:30 a.m. (2230 GMT) local time was due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) lost contact at 6:17 am local time (2317 GMT). It is typically an around two hour flight.
"Search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service," the airline said in a statement. "At the present time, we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board."
The aircraft was in the Indonesian Flight Information Region (FIR) when contact was lost around 200 nautical miles southeast of the Singapore-Jakarta FIR boundary, Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
Singapore has activated multiple agencies, including its airforce and navy, to help Indonesian authorities with the search, the authority said.
Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the plane asked for an unusual route before it lost contact, according to a Reuters report. Singapore is in the midst of its rainy season and there has been no statement on whether the plane might have been concerned about storms.
There were 155 people on board the flight, including six crew members. The bulk of those on board were Indonesian, with three Koreans, one Singaporean, one Briton and one Malaysian, according to a Reuters report.
The missing aircraft is an Airbus A320-200.
Airbus told CNBC it currently has no further information. The plane is owned by asset manager Doric and was built in 2008.
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