Begansmoroccos gold is threaten is the future of the product. Ray search and rescue mission is underway for a missing passenger plane the air asia plane which is a malaysiabased Budget Airline took off from indonesia and was due to land in singapore more than seven hours ago. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter at the airport Crisis Center in indonesian, a people anxiously await news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz8501 to singapore. The plane and air butt 320 lost communications with air Traffic Control 42 minutes after taking off. Translator we have informed the coastal guards and all ships in the area to be on stand by and to relay information of any signs of the missing plane. We will provide updates of any developments on an hourly basis. Reporter at singapores airport, those waiting for the flight to be to arrive are being given the same scant information. The plane lost contact as it flew over the java sea. The area was cloudy. Air as
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
On board. Bad for business russias ruble is on the slide meaning tough time for a border town in china. We begin the newshour with a continuing search for an airasia plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff on sunday. Flight qz8501 was on its way to singapore from the indonesian city of surabaya with 162 people on board. Search teams are scouring the area looking for signs of the plane around the islands of singkep, banka and belitung island. The head of the indonesian search operation says its likely the plane is at the bottom of the sea. We have reporters in singapore and indonesia following the story, well hear from Veronica Pedrosa who is at Singapores Changi airport, but first to scott heidler, who is in surabaya, from where the plane took off on sunday. As i understand it Vice President is where you are earlier today. What did he have to say . Yes, he was here. First he went into a waiting room, if you will that has been turned into the Crisis Center for the family members, a
Ceremony. And how american researchers are trying to save birds from their biggest killer, windowpanes. Hello, we begin in asia where a search and rescue operation is due to resume in the next couple of hours for a malaysian passenger jet. It disappeared over the java sea with 162 people on board. Air asia flight qz8501 left indonesia at 5 20 a. M. Local time. Its destination was singapore. But it lost contact with Ground Control 42 minutes after take off. Just before that, the pilot had requested a change of flight path because of bad weather. Veronica pedrosa reports from singapore airport. Reporter from the air and sea, an ins 10 search for missing flight air asia qz8501. The air bus was carrying 162 passenger asks crew from the indonesian city to singapore. 42 minutes after take off the aircraft lost communications with air traffic control. Translator i hope for a miracle and may god save them all. I should have been with them but canceled two weeks ago because i had something to d
Three al jazeera reporters are granted a new trial. Ringing in 2015, the worlds biggest and best news celebration. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. While millions of people range in the new year peacefully, it was a trankic start to 2015 in shanghai. 35 people were killed, dozens more injured at a stampede at a celebration. Someone dropped coupons out of a window that looked like money when it started. A night of revelry quickly turned chaotic. This is the skean of what started as a news celebration. The injured lie on the ground, run down in a stampede on the waterfront district. It started just before midnight. Police are still investigating the cause. We were down stairs and those upstairs wanted to move down and those upstairs wanted to move up. We were pushed down. All those trying to move up fell down on the stairs. Witnesses reported seeing cue upons being throwing into the crowd that looked like dollar bills. Pictures of the coupons have appeared on social media. As