jet that has been missing now for 11 hours. airasia flight 8501 is carrying 162 people when it left indonesia at a5:30 eastern last night. 45 minutes late he or so the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of the bad weather. minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar. they lost contact at 7:24 eastern. although indonesian authorities say they monitored the yet for another half mour before losing contact. the airus about was due to land at 8:30 eastern last night. they are searching for any trace of this plane. as desperate families, they re agonizing waiting for the news. this hunt comes less than ten months, you might recall, after malaysia airlines flight 370
hours now in the southeast asian sea there, the java sea. that s when contact was lost had with the pilots. airasia flight 8501 was carrying 162 people when it left indonesia bound for singapore. this happened at 5:30 eastern last night. indonesian officials say 45 minutes later the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of bad weather. so minutes later this plane disappeared from radar. now airline officials, they re saying they lost contact at 7:24 eastern. indonesian authorities say they monitored the jet for another half hour before actually losing contact. the air bus 83-22 hundred was due to land at 8:00 eastern last night. now they re combing the sea for any trace of the flight. and the families obviously are desperate for answers.
that a massive search and rescue effort is under way for a jet that s been missing for 10 now 1/2 hours in southeast arab yachlt. it was carrying 162 people when it left indonesia bound for singapore. this happened around 5:00 eastern last night. indonesian officials say 45 minutes later, the captain asked to fly above 38,000 feet because of bad weather. now minutes later the plane disappeared from radar. they lost contact 75 minutes later. the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of bad weather. now minutes later the plane disappeared from radar. airline officials are saying they lost contact with them at 7:24 eastern. so they wanted the jet for another half hour before losing contact. this is an airbus a-2200. it was due to land at 8:30 eastern last night.
we re back with our top story. a search at sea that is now under way in southeast asia for a passenger jet. it has been missing now for nearly 12 hours. it is airasia flight 8501. 162 people were onboard when it left indonesia for singapore around a5:30 eastern yesterday evening. indonesian officials say 45 minutes later the plane disappeared from radar. airline officials say they lost contact with the jet at about 724 eastern. it was due to land at 8:30 eastern last night. they re searching the waters for any trace of that flight. families, as can you imagine, desperate to learn any information about the fate of their loved ones. 162 people were onboard that missing plane including seven crew members. the passengers were from six different nations.
indonesia at 5:30 eastern last night bound for singapore. indonesian officials say in about 45 minutes later the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of torrential weather. minutes later the plane disappeared from radar. now airline officials say they lost contact at 7:24 eastern, though indonesian authorities say they actually monitored the jet for another half hour before losing contact. now the flight was due to land at 8:30 eastern last night. now families desperate as you can imagine for any sign of what might have happened to this plane and this is all unfolding. as you know, less than ten months after malaysia airlines flight 370 went missing enout from kuala lumpur to beijing and despite a massive international search effort there is still no trace of that aircraft or the 239 people on board.