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an hour before it was scheduled to land. nbc bay area s marianne favro joining us with the latest. reporter: according to air asia 162 were aboard the missing airbus. 155 passengers and seven crew members. the airline issued this statement saying airasia indonesia regrets to confirm that flight qz-8501 from surabaya to singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 this morning. it happened 45 minutes into the flight. the aircraft was on the submitted flight plan route and was requesting deviation due to en route weather before communication was lost. you are looking at a live picture of the airport in singapore where relatives of the missing passengers are waiting to hear word about their loved ones. the airlines says search and rescue operations are now in progress. president obama has been alerted about the missing plane and the ntsb is also monitoring the situation. this is a photo of a plane, airbus a-32200 similar to the one that is missing. weather ....