Budget carrier AirAsia confirmed on Sunday, December 28, 2014 that its flight QZ 8501 from Indonesia to Singapore had lost contact with air traffic control.
The Airbus 320-200 had 155 passengers and crew on board, Indonesian transport officials told media. The flight took off from the city of Surabaya.
Indonesian media said 149 Indonesians, three people from Korea, and one from Singapore, Britain and Malaysia were on board.
A search and rescue operation had been launched, Malaysian-based AirAsia said.
