An AirAsia Indonesia airliner
flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing. Flight
QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 06:24 local time (23:24 GMT
Saturday) over the Java Sea. The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway
into the flight of more than two hours from the city of Surabaya. No distress
call was made. Bad weather was reported in the area, and an air search
operation has now been suspended for the night.
