Missing flight QZ8501: Vacation turns into nightmare for bride-to-be – Malay Mail Online
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Louis Sidharta (centre), a 25-year-old Indonesian whose fiance was onboard the AirAsia flight QZ8501, speaks to the media at Changi Airport in Singapore December 28, 2014.— Reuters picLouis Sidharta (centre), a 25-year-old Indonesian whose fiance was onboard the AirAsia flight QZ8501, speaks to the media at Changi Airport in Singapore December 28, 2014.— Reuters picSINGAPORE, Dec 28 — It was supposed to be their last vacation together before they got married. Instead, it has turned into a nightmare vigil in Singapore for news about a missing plane.

Louis Sidharta, 25, heard about the AirAsia Bhd. plane that lost contact on her way to the airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. She knew her fiancé and his family had taken an earlier flight to Singapore, where they were all scheduled to holiday together. Soon, her worst fears were confirmed.

A multination search was partially halted after a day of scouring yielded no clues as to what happened to Flight QZ8501, which…………… continues on Missing flight QZ8501: Vacation turns into nightmare for bride-to-be – Malay Mail Online

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Indonesia halts search for missing AirAsia plane as night falls
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Reuters, 28/12 17:30 CET

By Eveline Danubrata and Michael Taylor

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people from Indonesia’s Surabaya to Singapore, which went missing on Sunday just after pilots requested a change in course to avoid bad weather.

There was no distress call issued by Flight QZ8501, operated by Indonesian AirAsia, 49 percent owned by Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia <AIRA.KL>, which has had no crashes since it started flying in 2002.

Singapore said it would send two planes to join the search for the missing Airbus <AIR.PA> A320-200 early on Monday, while the United States, Malaysia, Britain, South Korea, Australia and India offered help, from planes and navy boats to experts and investigators.

“We are deeply shocked and saddened by this incident,” said Sunu Widyatmoko, CEO of AirAsia Indonesia. “We are cooperating with the relevant authorities to the fullest extent to determine the cause of this incident.”

On board were 155 Indonesians, three South Koreans and one each from Singapore, Malaysia and Britain, plus a French pilot.

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