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## Video: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Goes Missing Near Indonesia

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_Published 2014-12-28. The flight went missing early Sunday carrying 162 people, after the pilot requested a change of course due to bad weather._


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## Transcript

An Air Asia passenger jet carrying 162 people has gone missing over the Java Sea during a routine flight from Indonesia to Singapore. Flight QZ8501 took off from the Indonesian city. Of Surabaya at about 5: 30 AM local time Sunday. According to Air Asia the pilot last made contact with air traffic control at 6: 13 AM when he asked to change course to avoid bad weather. There were 155 passengers on board the plane. Including 16 children, one infant and seven crew members. Search and rescue operations involving Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are underway but their efforts are being hampered by poor weather conditions.

Little bit problem in, in the area due to weather, weather conditions. So how big is the search area. It's more than 100 nautical mile. Air Asia Malaysian based budget carrier said in a statement the pilot had 6, 100 hours of flying experience and the aircraft, and Airbus 320, had last undergone maintenance November 16th. This is the first time the company has lost a plane. Airasia CEO Tony Fernandes. he is heading where the plane departed in Surabaya and expressed his condolences and support for the families of the missing passengers. The incident comes nine months after another aviation tragedy in the region when flight MH370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean in March.

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