The AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to
Singapore lost contact with air traffic control late on Saturday night
A major search operation has been launched after an AirAsia passenger plane went missing as it flew from Indonesia to Singapore. Here's what we know so far:
AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 7.24am on Saturday morning. There were 162 people on board - 155 passengers, and 7 crew members. The plane was last seen between the Indonesian island of Belitung, and Pontianak in Borneo. There was bad weather over Belitung at the time.