http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/world/asia/airasia-flight-indonesia-singapore.html 2014-12-28 06:36:43 AirAsia Flight From Indonesia Is Missing, Airline Says Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, Flight QZ8501, after it left the Indonesian city of Surabaya with about 160 people onboard and was bound for Singapore, the airline said. === BANGKOK — Indonesian authorities were searching for an AirAsia aircraft with 161 people onboard Sunday after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, the airline said. The plane, Flight QZ8501, left the Indonesian city of Surabaya and was bound for Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A320-200 at 7:24 Sunday morning Singapore time, the airline said “At this time, search-and-rescue operations are in progress, and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service,” the statement added. Singapore also activated its air force and navy to assist in the search, officials said. Contact was lost about 42 minutes after takeoff, Hadi Mustofa, an Indonesian transportation ministry official, told The television station said the aircraft manifest of the budget carrier showed 155 passengers were on the plane. They included 16 children and one infant, the general manager of Surabaya’s Juanda airport, Trikora Raharjo, told The Associated Press. Six crew members were also onboard, the general manager said. Among those on the flight were Indonesians, South Koreans, Brits and Malaysians, Raharjo added. Flightradar24, a website that uses a global system of beacons to monitor air traffic, said the aircraft was flying at 32,000 feet over the Java Sea when the aircraft’s signal was lost. The Java Sea separates the islands of Borneo and Java. AirAsia