At a place for young classical musicians. We begin out of asia where passenger jet has disappeared. Air asia left indonesia airport at 5 20am local time en route to singapore. It lost contact with a Ground Control 42 minutes after takeoff. We have this report. Reporter at the airport in surabaya, people await news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz 8571. It lost communications with traffic control. Translation i hope for a miracle. May god save them all. I should have been with them. I cancelled. I had something to do. I have two friends and five family members. Reporter indonesias Disaster Management authority set up a Crisis Center at the airport to relay developments. We are widening our search rescue. We have informed sea and coast cards to be on standby and relay. Those waiting for the same information, the plane lost contact as it flew over the java sea. The pilot requested a changed course due to weather. But it trails two other aviatio
Direct line to experts advice. We begin with a story out of asia, where a search and rescue mission is under way for a missing passenger plane. The air asia a malaysian Budget Airline took off from the city and was due to land in singapore more than nine hours ago. Not a single trace of the aircraft has been found yet. Gerald tan has the latest. At the airport in indonesia, people are waiting for news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz8501 to sing for. The plane and airbus 320 lost communications 42 minutes after takeoff. Translation i hope for a miracle and may god save them all. I should have been with them i cancelled two weeks ago, as i had something to do. I had two friends on board with five family members. Indonesias Disaster Management authorities set up a Crisis Management to update on developments. Translation we are widening the search radius the Indonesian Military National Search and rescue and singapore search and rescue have sta
The search teams looking for the missing air asia passenger plane say they have spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away, but it is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing air kraftd. The search is centered here in the java sea. Craft. The search is centered here in the java sea. These boxes you can see here is the total search area divided into several sections. The plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia to singapore, a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour we were given this update. There are ship operations in this area and of course on operation in the sea. Our people to do the best and fast and no lead to finds. The indonesian authorities have held some briefings for those who had relatives or friends on flight 8501. The bbc has spoken to the father of the plane
And 160,000 people are forced from their homes by flooding in malaysia. The search teams looking for the missing asia air passenger plane say theyve spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area, and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away. It is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing aircraft. The search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. Its now been called off for the night. The planes last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. Well, the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia all the way up to singapore. Its a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour, indonesias Vice President gave us this update. 30 ship operations in this area and 50 airplane and helicopters. The operation in the sea, especially in bad weather like this, bu
Illegal immigrants as well. A snap general election is called in greece after the countrys Parliament Fails to elect a new president. And 160,000 people are forced from their homes by flooding in malaysia. The search teams looking for the missing asia air passenger plane say theyve spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away. It is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing aircraft. The search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. Its now been called off for the night. The planes last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. Well, the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia all the way up to singapore. Its a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour, indonesias Vice President gave us this updat