workhorse in the aviation industry. that has a good safety record. they re not ruling anything out technical fault, foul play. there was no may day or disdistress signal released and there were other planes flying in that vicinity. there are a lot of questions. there are questions for the families of passengers at both airports singapore and surabaya. sadly this kind of scene is all too familiar in this region. it has not been a good year for air travel in southeast asia. airasia is malaysia-based. all our viewers remember that it was malaysia airlines plane shot down over ukraine in july. and it s a malaysia airlines plane, again a different airline but based in malaysia plane that went missing disappeared over the south indian sea back in march. still no trace of that. of course the rescuers, the
its flight from indonesia to singapore early sunday morning when the pilot requested a higher altitude to avoid rough weather. that request was denied. moments later communication was lost and the plane disappeared from radar. greg palkot is following developments from our bureau in london. greg what s the latest? reporter: arthel, jon, as you note it is overnight in the region and rescue and discovery teams are gearing up for what could be a crucial tuesday in the search for this missing aircraft. in fact, it is still missing. this airasia flight, number 8501 took off from the indonesian city of surabaya, bound for singapore sunday morning local time. most of the 162 on board were indonesian. there was a frenchman and british man on board. shortly after takeoff about 40 minutes later ground control lost radar contact lost radio contact. there was request for course