QZ8501: Fact file

KUALA LUMPUR: The following is the Air Asia Indonesia flight QZ8501 timeline. The Airbus A320-200 aircraft, took off from Juanda International Airport, Surabaya on Dec 28 (Sunday) at 5.27am (local time) and schedules to land in Changi at 8.37am.

At 6.17am (Surabaya local time), QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control.

Indonesian Transport Ministry official, Hadi Mustofa said that the plane had requested an unusual route before losing contact with the air traffic control.

Passenger breakdown:

7 crews (2 pilots and 5 cabin crews)

155 passengers (138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant)

Nationalities of passengers:

1 Malaysia

1 Singapore

1 United Kingdom

3 South Korea

149 Indonesia

Nationalities of crews:

1 France

6 Indonesia

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