An AirAsia Indonesia plane travelling from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning. On board QZ 8501 are 155 passengers - 149 Indonesians, one Singaporean, one British, one Malaysian and three Koreans.It aslo has 7 crew members
AirAsia Indonesia released a statement on Facebook saying:
' We regret to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07.24hrs this morning'.At the present time, we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board.Search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.