AirAsia jet with 162 on board goes missing on way to Singapore

Objects spotted in search for missing AirAsia flight as hope fades for passengers

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Pilot of missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people was denied request to climb in stormy weather Daily Mail - A pilot on board the missing AirAsia plane was denied a request to increase altitude to avoid storm clouds minutes before the jet disappeared, it emerged today. (CNN) -- The search is on for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control Sunday. Before communication was lost, AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 asked to deviate from its planned flight route -- from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore -- because of weather conditions, AirAsia said in a statement. More... British passenger on missing AirAsia flight was 'travelling with his two-year-old Singaporean daughter after other members of the family got an earlier flight' Daily Mail - The British passenger aboard the missing AirAsia flight was travelling with his two-year-old Singaporean daughter after other family members got an earlier flight from Indonesia, it is believed. Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked incident Daily Mail - The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here's a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for Singapore.

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