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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Loses Contact with Air Traffic Control
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An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore. The two countries immediately launched a search and rescue operation but there was no word on the plane's whereabouts more than six hours after it went missing.
AirAsia, a regional low-cost carrier with presence in several Southeast Asian countries, said in a statement that the missing Airbus A320-200 was on the submitted flight plan route. However, it had requested deviation due to weather before communication with the aircraft was lost while it was still under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control.
"We don't dare to presume what has happened except that it has lost contact." Djoko Murjatmodjo, Indonesia's acting director general of transportation, told reporters. He said the last contact between pilot and the air traffic control was at 6.13 a.m. "when he asked to hinder cloud by turning left and go higher to 34,000 feet."
He said there was no distress signal from Flight QZ8501.
The contact was lost about 42 minutes after the single-aisle jetliner took off from Indonesia's Surabaya airport, Hadi Mustofa, an official of the transportation ministry told Indonesia's MetroTV. It was about an hour before it was scheduled to land in Singapore.
Air tracking service Flight Radar 24 tweeted this image showing AirAsia Flight QZ8501's last known location.
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The plane had two pilots, five cabin crew and 155 passengers, including 16 children and one infant, AirAsia Indonesia said in a statement. Indonesian officials had earlier said there were 161 people on board, presumably because the infant was not counted.
The AirAsia statement said there were six foreigners — three South Koreans and one each from Singapore, Malaysia and France. The rest were Indonesians.
It said the captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours, a substantial number, and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours.
Pilot requested change in altitude
At Surabaya airport, dozens of relatives sat in a room, many of them talking on mobile phones and crying. Some looked dazed.
Murjatmodjo, the Indonesian official, said the plane is believed to have gone missing somewhere over the Java Sea between Tanjung Pandan on Belitung island and Pontianak, on Indonesia's part of Kalimantan island.
He said the pilot contacted Jakarta air traffic control 6:12 a.m. reporting clouds and asking to go higher from 9,700 metres (32,000 feet) to 10,303 metres (34,000 feet), the usual cruising altitude for jetliners.
The Singapore statement said search and rescue operations have been activated by the Indonesian authorities. It said the Singapore air force and the navy also were searching with two C-130 planes.
Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.
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'We have to reserve judgment'
Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, said the plane was delivered in September 2008, which would make it six years old.
The Malaysia-based AirAsia, which has dominated cheap travel in the region for years, has never lost a plane before. AirAsia Malaysia owns 49 per cent of the Indonesian subsidiary.
A Changi Airport staff holds up a sign to direct possible next-of-kins of passengers of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, at Changi Airport in Singapore December 28, 2014.
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This is the third major air incident for Southeast Asia this year. On March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a wide-bodied Boeing 777, went missing soon after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. It remains missing until this day with 239 people in one of the biggest aviation mysteries. Another Malaysia Airlines flight, also a Boeing 777, was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine while on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17. A total of 298 people on board were killed.
The crew's request for an unusual route is curious since the weather "didn't seem to be anything unusual," said William Waldock, an expert on air crash search and rescue with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.
Severe weather is the reason pilots usually request a different route, but in this case the "winds were light, there were a few thin clouds, but that's about it," he said in an interview.
Waldock cautioned against drawing comparisons to the disappearance of Malaysia flight 370.
"I think we have to let this play out," he said. "Hopefully, the airplane will get found, and if that happens it will probably be in the next few hours. Until then, we have to reserve judgment."
The circumstances bode well for finding the plane since the intended flight time was less than two hours and there is a known position at which the plane disappeared, he said.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
In the Eye of the Storm
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It has been many months ago since Controversial Host CH has been in the headlines. Her issues which she started posting on her social media accounts started the fire that caught the attention of her followers. CH had been both praised and criticized for most of her attention-grabbing posts - from the mundane to the most controversial.
Showbiz fanatics remark that the netizens who posted unpleasant comments and/or bashing on her posts cannot be blamed for acting that way because it seemed like CH was the one who asked for it - what an irony indeed! Now that her bashers have started stalking her, they have also become unstoppable in bashing her. Poor CH. Showbiz insiders quip that this could be the reason why lately, she has become quite difficult to work with.
For quite a while, CH has been painted quite negatively in social media. Her co-hosts in The Show TS have noticed her disappointing attitude and performance towards work that TS’ staff are in a quandary. Too often, CH displays unprofessionalism at work that undermines the flow and concept of TS.
Heard from the grapevine that CH has gotten stubborn and very choosy when it comes to her interview subjects. Reportedly, unless the interviewee is a big star, CH would refuse to do the interview. Definitely, starlets are a big no-no for her.
CH would frequently point to a female co-host to be the one to interview the lesser known stars because she just doesn’t want to. According to CH, it is for good reason.Reportedly, she reasoned out that her appearance on TS just to interview starlets has become quite pricey for her.
For someone who will never ever compromise her looks, CH allegedly remarked that her outfits and make-up are way costlier than the talent fee she gets for TS. Geez!
“ A sign of celebrity is often that their names are worth more than their services. “ ~ Daniel J. Boorstin
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
He Just Lost His Cool
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As the guests of a famous hotel in a popular getaway outside the country were doing their business, they were startled by the loud and angry voice of a man in the lobby. The man was screaming madly, unmindful of who were around him.
When the guests looked at the man, they were shocked to see that it was Lovable Actor (LA) making the scene at the lobby. LA is famous for his versatile acting, as he is effective in drama and comedy films. In fact, his name is synonymous to earning millions in the box office. However, LA was not filming a scene in the said lobby, and he was freaking out in real life.
LA was demanding a room at the front desk, and was overheard saying, “If there is no suite available, then give me the most expensive room now!” Of course, the front desk personnel were shocked at the arrogance of LA. It seems that LA wanted an early check in, but the hotel was fully booked and could not adhere to his request.
Although some guests who recognized LA wanted to approach him, they decided otherwise as his behavior was such a turnoff. Guests could only sigh in disappointment, as they had witnessed the uncouth behavior of the alter ego of the screen idol. At least, the woman next to him remained quiet. Perhaps, she already knew what would happen if she tried to calm down LA.
Was LA under the influence of alcohol again for him to have that much confidence to make a scene in a foreign land? If he were indeed in that state, perhaps, someone should remind him that his behavior might lead to something worse, such as losing everything he has worked for and the fans who have remained loyal to him through the years.
Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. – George W. Crane
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