<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Air Asia flight QZ 8501 travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has gone missing - reports <a href="http://t.co/4ZqCzIoKXE">http://t.co/4ZqCzIoKXE</a></p>— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/549045191601324032">December 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Stupid CNN wouldn't report it as a Malaysian airliner. I had google to see where Air Asia is headquartered. Hope this one turns out okay.
Heavy thunderstorms in the area.. Some sources are reporting a plane has gone down in the area. No confirmation it is this same plane
AirAsia is budget airline privately owned by Malaysian. I flight with it very frequently. It is very reputable in southeast Asia despite being labeled a cheap airline.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>NEW: 162 passengers and crew on board AirAsia Flight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QZ8501?src=hash">#QZ8501</a>: 1 Singapore 1 Malaysia 3 South Korea 157 Indonesia <a href="http://t.co/pYhCNKrSUs">pic.twitter.com/pYhCNKrSUs</a></p>— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/549074817132285952">December 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>NEW: AirAsia <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QZ8501?src=hash">#QZ8501</a> was requesting flight plan deviation due to weather before communication was lost, airline says <a href="http://t.co/DE2uD7mikp">pic.twitter.com/DE2uD7mikp</a></p>— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/549076548603904000">December 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>