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'''Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501''' ('''QZ8501'''/'''AWQ8501''') is an ] ] flight that went missing en route to Singapore from ], Indonesia, on 28 December 2014<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501 loses contact with air traffic control|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|accessdate=28 December 2014|agency=]|date=28 December 2014}}</ref> with 155 passengers and 7 crew on board.<ref name=ABC>, ], 27 December 2014.</ref> '''Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501''' ('''QZ8501'''/'''AWQ8501''') is an ] ] flight that went missing en route to Singapore from ], Indonesia, on 28 December 2014<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501 loses contact with air traffic control|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|accessdate=28 December 2014|agency=]|date=28 December 2014}}</ref> with 155 passengers and 7 crew on board.<ref name=ABC>, ], 27 December 2014.</ref>


Indonesia AirAsia is an affiliate of Malaysian low-cost airline ], which has over 450 destinations around Asia and other neigboring continents. The incident is the third in 2014 involving a Malaysian airline or its affiliate(s), after the loss of ] Flights ] and ] earlier that year.<ref name=>, Associated Press, 28 December 2014.</ref> However it is not yet ddeterminedif the accidents are linked in anyway. Indonesia AirAsia is an affiliate of Malaysian low-cost airline ], which has over 450 destinations around Asia and other neigboring continents. The incident is the third in 2014 involving a Malaysian airline or its affiliate(s), after the loss of ] Flights ] and ] earlier that year.<ref name=>, Associated Press, 28 December 2014.</ref> However, it is not yet determined if the accidents are linked in any way.


== Disappearance== == Disappearance==

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Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
PK-AXC, the missing aircraft, photographed at Singapore Changi Airport in August 2011
Incident
Date28 December 2014 (2014-12-28)
SummaryMissing
SiteLast known position over Java Sea
3°14′48″S 109°22′06″E / 3.2466°S 109.3682°E / -3.2466; 109.3682
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAirbus A320-216
OperatorIndonesia AirAsia
RegistrationPK-AXC
Flight originJuanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia
DestinationSingapore Changi Airport
Passengers155
Crew7
Missing162 (all)

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) is an Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320-216 flight that went missing en route to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia, on 28 December 2014 with 155 passengers and 7 crew on board.

Indonesia AirAsia is an affiliate of Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia, which has over 450 destinations around Asia and other neigboring continents. The incident is the third in 2014 involving a Malaysian airline or its affiliate(s), after the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flights 370 and 17 earlier that year. However, it is not yet determined if the accidents are linked in any way.

Disappearance

Flight path, superimposed by satellite imagery obtained approximately during the plane's disappearance.

The flight took off from Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, at 05:35 Western Indonesian Time (WIB, UTC+7) and was scheduled to land at Singapore Changi Airport at 08:30 Singapore Standard Time (SGT, UTC+8). The plane had been under Indonesian air traffic control when it requested to deviate from its original flight path due to poor weather conditions. The pilot had requested to climb to 38,000 feet (11,600 m) to avoid thick clouds, although the final altitude indicated by the transponder and collected by Flightradar24 was 32,000 ft (9,750 m). The plane lost contact with air traffic control at 06:17 WIB while travelling over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java, still under Indonesian Air Traffic Control, at normal cruising altitude and speed. A meteorological analysis revealed that the aircraft was traversing a storm cluster during the minutes prior to its disappearance.

No distress signal was sent from the missing aircraft, the Indonesian Transport Ministry said.

Timeline of disappearance

Elapsed (HH:MM) Time Event
UTC Western Indonesian Time
UTC+7 		Singapore Standard Time
UTC+8
00:00 27 December 28 December Took off from Juanda International Airport
22:35 05:35 06:35
00:42 23:17 06:17 07:17 Lost from Indonesian air traffic control radars
00:49 23:24 06:24 07:24 Lost radio contact with air traffic control
01:55 28 December 07:30 08:30 (Scheduled arrival at Singapore Changi Airport)
00:30

Aircraft

The aircraft is an Airbus A320-216, with serial number 3648, registered as PK-AXC. It first flew on 25 September 2008, and was newly delivered to AirAsia on 15 October 2008. The aircraft had accumulated approximately 23,000 flight hours in some 13,600 flights. It had undergone its most recent scheduled maintenance on 16 November 2014. Maitnence records. Came out good and there were no problems with the aircraft. The aircraft is powered by two CFM International CFM56-5B6 engines and is configured to carry 180 passengers.

Passengers and crew

People on board by nationality
Nation No.
 Indonesia 155
 South Korea 3
 France 1
 Malaysia 1
 Singapore 1
 United Kingdom 1
Total 162

AirAsia released the nationalities of the 162 passengers and crew on their Facebook page which include 145 adults, 16 children and 1 infant.

The pilots aboard the flight were Captain Iriyanto, who had a total of 6,100 flying hours, First Officer Rémi Emmanuel Plesel, who had a total of 2,275 flying hours, and Flight Engineer Saiful Rakhmad. The cabin crew consisted of four flight attendants.

Search and rescue effort

Flight path of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501).

Search and rescue operations have been ongoing under the guidance of the Civil Aviation Authority of Indonesia. The search was suspended at 7.45 pm local time on 28 December due to darkness and bad weather, to be resumed in daylight. An operations center to coordinate search efforts is being set up in Pangkal Pinang.

Shortly after being confirmed missing, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency deployed seven ships and two helicopters to search the shores of Belitung and Kalimantan. The Indonesian Navy and the provincial Indonesian National Police Air and Water Unit each sent out search and rescue teams. In addition, an Indonesian Air Force Boeing 737 reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to the last known location of the airliner.

The Indonesian Navy confirmed that it had dispatched four ships by the end of the first search day, joining the initial search efforts. Further aircraft, amongst them a CASA/IPTN CN-235, have also joined from the Indonesian Air Force. The Indonesian Army deployed ground troops to search the shores and mountains of adjacent islands.

Singapore's Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC), managed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and supported by various agencies, including the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), has also initially deployed a C-130 Hercules aircraft to aid in the search and rescue operation. An officer from Singapore will be deployed to Jakarta to coordinate with the Indonesian authorities on the search operations, and two more C-130 Hercules aircraft will be deployed for the second day of the search and rescue operation.

It is still unconfirmed if the NTSB (National Transportation Saftey Board) will participate in the investigation.

Malaysia's government has also set up a rescue coordination center at Subang and has deployed three military vessels and three aircraft, including a C-130 Hercules, to assist in search and rescue operation.

Response

Indonesia AirAsia, following the disappearance, changed its website and social media branding to greyscale images, in mourning for the presumed deaths of the passengers. An emergency call center has also been established by the airline, for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft.

An emergency information center was set up at Juanda International Airport, providing hourly updates and lodging for relatives. Smaller posts were also opened at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.

Immediately following the incident, unconfirmed and speculative early reports suggested that the flight had crashed off the island of Belitung in Indonesia.

Indonesian search and rescue claim that they will be using the same tacticsas French investigators used for the crash of Air France 447 in the Atlamtic Ocean.

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong expressed his condolences over the missing AirAsia flight via Twitter: "Saddened to hear of missing flight #QZ8501. My thoughts are with the passengers and their families. - LHL." Prime Minister Lee also called President Joko Widodo and offered help in the search as stated in another tweet.

Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak also issued an announcement via Twitter: "Very sad to hear that AirAsia Indonesia QZ8501 is missing. My thoughts are with the families. Malaysia stands ready to help."

Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott contacted Indonesian President Widodo offering assistance in the search for the aircraft. A statement provided by his office stated that "Australia would do whatever we humanly could to assist" and that they had a P-3 Orion aircraft on standby to help assist in the search.

India has put on standby three ships and a maritime surveillance aircraft for assistance in the search operation. Indian Navy sources said one ship in Bay of Bengal and another two in Andaman Sea have been put on standby. Along with these, a Boeing P-8I aircraft has also been put on standby.

See also

Notes

  1. Note that according to AirAsia's statement, the time of contact lost should be 07:24 WIB. However, conflicting reports from Indonesian aviation authorities stated it happened earlier at 06:17 WIB.
  2. The aircraft is an Airbus A320-200 model; the 16 specifies it is fitted with CFM International CFM56-5B6 engines.
  3. 149 passengers and 6 crew
  4. 1 crew and no passengers

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External links

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