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.
One Brit was among those on board - named as businessman Chi Man Choi. It is believed he was travelling with his two-year-old daughter Zoe.
Three days after the flight went missing, objects believed to be debris including a plane door, emergency exit and life vest were spotted in the Java Sea, 105 miles off Pangkalanbun, Indonesia
Rescue teams were sent to the crash site where a number of bodies were found floating in the water
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