Air Asia Flight QZ8501

Yet another plane went missing.

Just like flight MH370: the plane went went off the radar without so much as a distress call.  

Just like flight MH370: despite knowing the coordinates, flight QZ8501 from Air Asia can’t be found!

An airliner from Air Asia with 155 passengers and seven crew members on board has disappeared from the radar. The plane flew from Surabaya (Indonesia) to Singapore. About half way on route, the Airbus 320-200 with flight number QZ8501, disappeared from the radar. The missing plane has probably been crashed, according to authorities. 

The plane should have landed in Singapore around 8:30 local time, but about three minutes after it had taken off from Surabaya it disappeared, without so much as contacting anyone, no SOS, no mayday, no nothing. At the time the plane went off the radar it presumably flew above the Java Sea. On board the aircraft were 156 people from Indonesia, three from South Korea, one from Singapore, one from Malaysia and one from France. There is a major search and rescue operation going on right this minute.

We still don't know much at this time, but what we do know is that the pilot wanted to change of route due to bad weather. He sought contact with air traffic control requesting to fly higher to avoid the thunderstorm. Not much later, it disappeared from the radar. The pilot gave no distress signal.

A crisis center already is arranged at Surabaya Juanda International Airport. Relatives of the missing travelers are there are waiting anxiously for news of flight QZ8501. This must be horrifying. 

According to the flight data, the missing plane crashed about 145 kilometers from the island of Billiton, which lies east of the island of Sumatra. A Boeing 737 of the Indonesian Air Force, six ships and three helicopters take part in the search and rescue operation.

Relatives are desperate when they search the list of passengers who were on board of the missing plane. It seems that about 23 people didn't check-in, so they didn't board the plane. I guess these people are celebrating their second birthday today. Talk about guardian angels…

Flight MH 370
Yes, we all remember, who could we not? There still isn’t any clue as what happened to flight MH 370. The missing plane could have landed somewhere on a deserted island for all we know. It doesn’t matter what we do or do not believe, the fact is that we simply don’t know what happened. 

I still feel for those who were left behind. Just imagine to lose a loved one is hard enough, but to lose a loved one and not knowing what happened to him or her must be devastating!

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Just like with the still missing MH 370, ships, helicopters and planes are on their way for the search and rescue mission. Right now they are searching where, according the coordinates, the plane must have crashed. Will they find anything? I sure hope so.

Its 8 months now since MH370 went missing, and still nothing. The search for missing flight MH 370 is still going on; private companies are funding most of the search missions. I hope they will find at least something that tells us what happened to flight MH370. 

It will be hard, but everything is better than not knowing, for me anyways. After all, when you know what happened, you can find closure, and in time you can give it a place in your heart, and you’ll be able to move on with your life.

I pray for their souls to safely reach where ever destiny is taking them!