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1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
PROVERBS 23:5
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
JOB 40:18
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
DAY 1 QZ 8501-A320-200 MORE NEWS ON MISSING PLANE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html
ALL MH370 STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html
QZ 8501 A320-200 DEMENTIONS AND DATA
http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a320family/a320/specifications/
NAMES OF PERSONS ON FLIGHT A320-200 QZ 8501
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1669513/list-passengers-air-asia-flight-qz-8501
A320-200 UPDATE-REDDIT
https://www.reddit.com/live/u5bkiqteljl4
EARTH NETWORKS-LIGHTENING STRIKES
http://www.earthnetworks.com/ournetworks/lightningnetwork.aspx
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:52PM
JAKARTA INDONESIAN CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL SEARCH AGENCY FOR QZ 8501.WE ASSUME THE MISSING JET IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE JAVA SEA.DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR.DID THE MALAYSIAN PRESIDENT NOT SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT MH370 EARLY IN ITS INVESTIGATION ALSO BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AirAsia plane likely ‘at bottom of the sea,’ says search chief-Head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency estimates aircraft carrying 162 people crashed into the water-By AFP December 29, 2014, 4:43 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.“Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference.“That’s the preliminary suspicion and it can develop based on the evaluation of the result of our search.”Indonesia had resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn Monday for the plane, as anguished relatives waited desperately for news.The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Surabaya in Indonesia’s east Java to Singapore after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.Five aircraft will be sent to search for the plane, including two C-130 military transport aircraft and a Boeing 737, Indonesian air force spokesman Hadi Cahyanto told AFP.“Two planes have already left. Three more will follow suit. It is cloudy in some parts but still bright,” Cahyanto said.“We are focusing the search area in the waters on the eastern and northern part of Belitung island.”Australia, Malaysia and Singapore have also joined the search, which is centred on the Java Sea. The US has also said it was ready to assist.A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion equipped with sophisticated search equipment took off Monday from the northern Australian city of Darwin while Singapore said it was deploying two C-130 aircraft in addition to naval ships already dispatched.
Distraught relatives
AirAsia said 155 of those on board flight QZ8501 were Indonesian, with three South Koreans and one person each from Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. The Frenchman was the co-pilot.
Distraught relatives of the missing passengers spent the night in Surabaya hoping for news of their loved ones.Security was tight at the airport crisis centre, with dozens of security officers and soldiers seen standing guard.Vicky, whose two siblings were on the plane, said he was upset to hear an airline official say he joined in their “sadness”.“What he said was not appropriate at all. If they were sad it means there’s death. But the flight has not been found yet,” he said.Air traffic controllers lost contact with the twin-engine aircraft around an hour after it left Surabaya’s Juanda international airport at about 5:35 am (2220 GMT Saturday).Shortly before disappearing, the pilot asked to ascend by 6,000 feet to 38,000 feet to avoid heavy clouds, according to an Indonesian transport ministry official.“But their request to fly to 38,000 feet from 32,000 feet could not be approved at that time due to traffic, there was a flight above, and five minutes later the flight disappeared from radar,”Djoko Murjatmodjo told a press conference Sunday.“According to our climate radar, the weather was not good. There was enough cumulonimbus (cloud) there,” he said.
Prayers for those onboard
The search is focused on waters around the islands of Bangka and Belitung in the Java Sea, across from Kalimantan on Borneo island, but the army has also been asked to carry out ground searches, including in mountainous areas.The aircraft was operated by AirAsia Indonesia, a unit of Malaysian-based AirAsia which dominates Southeast Asia’s booming low-cost airline market.AirAsia’s flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes, a former record industry executive who acquired the then-failing airline in 2001, arrived in Surabaya, where most of the passengers are from.“Obviously this is a massive shock to us and we are devastated by what has happened. It’s unbelievable,” he told a press conference.“We don’t want to speculate. We don’t know what’s happened yet so we’ll wait for the accident investigation… Our concern right now is for the relatives and the next of kin.”Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said his nation was “praying for the safety” of those onboard. Vice President Jusuf Kalla was due to visit Surabaya Monday afternoon to meet relatives of those missing.Indonesia, a vast archipelago with poor land transport infrastructure, has seen explosive growth in low-cost air travel over recent years.But the air industry has been blighted by poor safety standards in an area that also experiences extreme weather.AirAsia, which has never suffered a fatal accident, said the missing jet last underwent maintenance on November 16.The plane’s disappearance comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysian aviation.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and in July flight MH17 was shot down over troubled Ukraine killing all 298 on board.
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:16PM
Fishermen heard crash at Pulau Nangka, while others saw plane coming down at Pulau Lung: Indonesia officials.Search today focused on Pulau Momparang, Pulau Nangka, Pulau Lung: Belitung commander.We are focusing search area in waters on east, north part of Belitung island": Indonesia Air Force official.2nd C-130 deployed from Singapore for search-and-locate operations this morning. Military staff at Manggar, East Belitung, brief local fishermen on search area.AP-3C Orion has joined the Indonesian-led search for missing #AirAsia flight.
28 December 2014 Last updated at 08:06 ET-Flight QZ8501: What is AirAsia?
By Joe Miller Business reporter-BBC NEWS
Now one of Asia's most successful carriers, AirAsia was once a struggling Malaysian government-owned company.In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents.Keeping the brand name, he created Asia's first low-cost airline, taking on local established rivals such as Malaysia Airlines and Australia's Qantas.With the slogan "Now Everyone Can Fly", AirAsia now covers approximately 100 destinations across more than 15 countries, although many of these flights are serviced by associates and subsidiaries that use the company's brand name.It is one of these associates, Indonesia AirAsia, which was operating flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning.It flies Airbus A320 aircraft along more than 30 routes, to destinations in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia.Indonesia AirAsia is 49% owned by the main company, but has a separate chief executive, Sunu Widyatmoko. The rest of the firm is owned by Indonesian shareholders.Indonesia's government prohibits foreign companies from owning the majority of any civil aviation firms.Tony Fernandes The boss of AirAsia Group, Tony Fernandes, is also chairman of Queens Park Rangers football club in the UK.AirAsia's business model is similar to other so-called budget airlines. It offers no business or first class seats, and the average fare is roughly 170 Malaysian ringgit (£30; $48).In the three months to the end of September, the AirAsia group made a pre-tax profit of 26.5m Malaysian ringgit (£4.8m; $7.6m), and carried almost 5.3 million passengers.However, the number of passengers carried by Indonesia AirAsia was down by 10% in the same period, dropping to 1.85 million after the airline cut some of its routes.In 2013, it carried almost 8 million passengers in total.Indonesia AirAsia was set to float on the stock market in the last couple of years, but rising costs and the depreciation of the country's rupiah currency against the US dollar have delayed such a move.Indonesia AirAsia flies just one type of plane - the Airbus single-aisle A320.
The A320 seats between 150 and 180 passengers, and is known for its distinctive wingtips, which were designed to make the aircraft more fuel efficient.Airbus says the A320 used on flight QZ8501 had accumulated some 23,000 flight hours over 13,600 flights.
line-Analysis: Sharanjit Leyl, BBC News, Singapore
AirAsia's brand image is closely tied with its chief executive, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, who took over operations in 2001. Almost always in jeans and an AirAsia cap when interviewed, Mr Fernandes was seen as Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.In the same way that Mr Branson took on the dominance of British Airways in the 1980s, Mr Fernandes wanted to compete with established long-haul carriers in the region - like Malaysia's own flag carrier, Malaysian Airlines.He's listed as one of the richest men in Malaysia and has always been adept at spinning his marketing message out to the media. With this plane's disappearance, he's wasted no time in tweeting out messages of support to the family and has already arrived in Surabaya along with members of the Indonesian affiliate of AirAsia.
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:00PM
THE FAMILIES ARE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR RESULTS OF THEIR LOVED ONES TO BE FOUND ALIVE OR DEAD IN QZ 8501. SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES.THERES NO SIGNS OF THE MISSING PLANE YET.A 7 SHIP FLEET IS WAITING TO BE USED BY AMERICA IF INDONESIA NEEDS ANY EXTRA HELP WITH FINDING THE MISSING QZ 8501-A320-200.AT 8:55PM THE FAMILIES ARE HAVING A CLOSED DOOR MEETING WITH INDONESIAN OFFICIALS.I WONDER WHATS UP HERE.HOPEFULLY THE OFFICIALS WILL UPDATE US AFTER THE FAMILIES MEETING.
MISSING FLIGHT QZ 8501 AIR BUS A320-200-pic-Indianexpress.com
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-07:40PM
NOW A REPORT SAYS THAT THE QZ 8501 WAS DENIED TO CLIMB TO 38,000 FEET BECAUSE THERE WAS TO MANY PLANES IN THE AREA.AND THEY MIGHT CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLANE.THIS AREA IS A MAJOR COMERCE AREA AND HEAVILY TRAVELLED EVERY DAY WITH TONS OF PLANES.
Crew:Iriyanto (Captain)-Remi Emmanuel Plesel (First Officer)-Saiful Rakhmad (Engineer)
Flight Attendants:Wanti Setiawati -Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi-Oscar Desano-Wismoyo Ari Prambudi
Indonesia set to resume search for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait-By Eveline Danubrata and Michael Taylor-JAKARTA Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:43pm EST
(Reuters) - Indonesia was set to resume at first light the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, which went missing on Sunday just after the pilot requested a change in course to avoid bad weather.Singapore said it had sent two naval vessels to help the Indonesian military look for the Airbus (AIR.PA) A320-200 operated by Indonesia AirAsia, adding a C-130 air force plane took part in the search on Sunday.Malaysia would send three naval vessels and a C-130 to assist, Singapore's Channel News Asia television reported. Australia, the United States, Britain, South Korea and India also offered help ranging from planes and navy ships to experts and investigators."We are deeply shocked and saddened by this incident," said Indonesia AirAsia Chief Executive Sunu Widyatmoko. "We are cooperating with the relevant authorities to the fullest extent to determine the cause of this incident."The carrier is 49 percent owned by Malaysia-based budget carrier Air Asia (AIRA.KL). The AirAsia group, including affiliates in Thailand, the Philippines and India, has not suffered a crash since its Malaysian budget operations began in 2002.Onboard Flight QZ8501 were 155 Indonesians, three South Koreans, one person each from Singapore, Malaysia and Britain, while the co-pilot was French.The plane was about halfway between Surabaya and Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control at 6:17 a.m. on Sunday (1917 GMT Saturday), Indonesian officials said.It issued no distress call, officials added.There was bad weather over nearby Belitung island at the time and the aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet before asking to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds, said Joko Muryo Atmodjo, air transportation director at Indonesia's transport ministry.The pilot "was requesting deviation due to en-route weather before communication with the aircraft was lost", the airline added.The Indonesian pilot was experienced and the plane last underwent maintenance in mid-November, the airline said. The aircraft had accumulated about 23,000 flight hours in some 13,600 flights, according to Airbus.Malaysia AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes flew to Surabaya and, along with Indonesian officials, updated distraught relatives of passengers at a makeshift crisis center at the airport in Indonesia's second-largest city."This is my worst nightmare," Fernandes said on Twitter. "But there's no stopping", he said of the search.AirAsia swapped the distinctive bright red of its logo for gray on social media accounts and the company website as it faced its biggest ever challenge.The incident caps a disastrous year for Malaysia-affiliated airlines. Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 went missing on March 8 on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board and has not been found.On July 17, the same airline's Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
PRAYING FOR PASSENGERS
Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his people to pray for the safety of the passengers and crew. During his Sunday address at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis said those on board were in his prayers.Louise Sidharta was at Singapore's Changi Airport waiting for her fiancée to return from a family holiday."It was supposed to be their last vacation before we got married," she said.A man named Purnomo told TVOne in Surabaya of his lucky escape. "I should have been on the flight ... but this morning I had an emergency. I had my passport in hand."Like all affiliates of AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia operates Airbus jets, of which it has 30 of the A320 model.AirAsia has ordered several hundred jets from the European planemaker, making it one of its most important customers. The missing plane has been in service for just over six years, according to airfleets.net.Indonesian officials from the civil aviation authority and transport safety committee, which are responsible for crash investigations, arrived in Surabaya on Sunday. A transport ministry official said Indonesia would handle the probe."The aircraft was registered in Indonesia and it looks to be missing over Indonesian territory, so we will lead the investigation," said the official, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media."We have the expertise to do this."(Additional reporting by Gayatri Suroyo in SURABAYA, Chris Nusatya, Cindy Silviana and Kanupriya Kapoor in JAKARTA, Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Praveen Menon in KUALA LUMPUR, Siva Govindasamy, Saeed Hassan, Rujun Shen and Anshuman Daga in SINGAPORE, Sanjeev Miglani in NEW DELHI, Tim Hepher in PARIS, Alwyn Scott in NEW YORK and Philip Pullella in ROME; Writing by Martin Petty and Simon Webb; Editing by Dean Yates)
PROVERBS 23:5
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
JOB 40:18
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
DAY 1 QZ 8501-A320-200 MORE NEWS ON MISSING PLANE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html
ALL MH370 STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html
QZ 8501 A320-200 DEMENTIONS AND DATA
http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a320family/a320/specifications/
NAMES OF PERSONS ON FLIGHT A320-200 QZ 8501
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1669513/list-passengers-air-asia-flight-qz-8501
A320-200 UPDATE-REDDIT
https://www.reddit.com/live/u5bkiqteljl4
EARTH NETWORKS-LIGHTENING STRIKES
http://www.earthnetworks.com/ournetworks/lightningnetwork.aspx
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:52PM
JAKARTA INDONESIAN CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL SEARCH AGENCY FOR QZ 8501.WE ASSUME THE MISSING JET IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE JAVA SEA.DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR.DID THE MALAYSIAN PRESIDENT NOT SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT MH370 EARLY IN ITS INVESTIGATION ALSO BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AirAsia plane likely ‘at bottom of the sea,’ says search chief-Head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency estimates aircraft carrying 162 people crashed into the water-By AFP December 29, 2014, 4:43 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Monday.“Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is in the sea, the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference.“That’s the preliminary suspicion and it can develop based on the evaluation of the result of our search.”Indonesia had resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn Monday for the plane, as anguished relatives waited desperately for news.The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Surabaya in Indonesia’s east Java to Singapore after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.Five aircraft will be sent to search for the plane, including two C-130 military transport aircraft and a Boeing 737, Indonesian air force spokesman Hadi Cahyanto told AFP.“Two planes have already left. Three more will follow suit. It is cloudy in some parts but still bright,” Cahyanto said.“We are focusing the search area in the waters on the eastern and northern part of Belitung island.”Australia, Malaysia and Singapore have also joined the search, which is centred on the Java Sea. The US has also said it was ready to assist.A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion equipped with sophisticated search equipment took off Monday from the northern Australian city of Darwin while Singapore said it was deploying two C-130 aircraft in addition to naval ships already dispatched.
Distraught relatives
AirAsia said 155 of those on board flight QZ8501 were Indonesian, with three South Koreans and one person each from Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. The Frenchman was the co-pilot.
Distraught relatives of the missing passengers spent the night in Surabaya hoping for news of their loved ones.Security was tight at the airport crisis centre, with dozens of security officers and soldiers seen standing guard.Vicky, whose two siblings were on the plane, said he was upset to hear an airline official say he joined in their “sadness”.“What he said was not appropriate at all. If they were sad it means there’s death. But the flight has not been found yet,” he said.Air traffic controllers lost contact with the twin-engine aircraft around an hour after it left Surabaya’s Juanda international airport at about 5:35 am (2220 GMT Saturday).Shortly before disappearing, the pilot asked to ascend by 6,000 feet to 38,000 feet to avoid heavy clouds, according to an Indonesian transport ministry official.“But their request to fly to 38,000 feet from 32,000 feet could not be approved at that time due to traffic, there was a flight above, and five minutes later the flight disappeared from radar,”Djoko Murjatmodjo told a press conference Sunday.“According to our climate radar, the weather was not good. There was enough cumulonimbus (cloud) there,” he said.
Prayers for those onboard
The search is focused on waters around the islands of Bangka and Belitung in the Java Sea, across from Kalimantan on Borneo island, but the army has also been asked to carry out ground searches, including in mountainous areas.The aircraft was operated by AirAsia Indonesia, a unit of Malaysian-based AirAsia which dominates Southeast Asia’s booming low-cost airline market.AirAsia’s flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes, a former record industry executive who acquired the then-failing airline in 2001, arrived in Surabaya, where most of the passengers are from.“Obviously this is a massive shock to us and we are devastated by what has happened. It’s unbelievable,” he told a press conference.“We don’t want to speculate. We don’t know what’s happened yet so we’ll wait for the accident investigation… Our concern right now is for the relatives and the next of kin.”Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said his nation was “praying for the safety” of those onboard. Vice President Jusuf Kalla was due to visit Surabaya Monday afternoon to meet relatives of those missing.Indonesia, a vast archipelago with poor land transport infrastructure, has seen explosive growth in low-cost air travel over recent years.But the air industry has been blighted by poor safety standards in an area that also experiences extreme weather.AirAsia, which has never suffered a fatal accident, said the missing jet last underwent maintenance on November 16.The plane’s disappearance comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysian aviation.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and in July flight MH17 was shot down over troubled Ukraine killing all 298 on board.
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:16PM
Fishermen heard crash at Pulau Nangka, while others saw plane coming down at Pulau Lung: Indonesia officials.Search today focused on Pulau Momparang, Pulau Nangka, Pulau Lung: Belitung commander.We are focusing search area in waters on east, north part of Belitung island": Indonesia Air Force official.2nd C-130 deployed from Singapore for search-and-locate operations this morning. Military staff at Manggar, East Belitung, brief local fishermen on search area.AP-3C Orion has joined the Indonesian-led search for missing #AirAsia flight.
28 December 2014 Last updated at 08:06 ET-Flight QZ8501: What is AirAsia?
By Joe Miller Business reporter-BBC NEWS
Now one of Asia's most successful carriers, AirAsia was once a struggling Malaysian government-owned company.In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents.Keeping the brand name, he created Asia's first low-cost airline, taking on local established rivals such as Malaysia Airlines and Australia's Qantas.With the slogan "Now Everyone Can Fly", AirAsia now covers approximately 100 destinations across more than 15 countries, although many of these flights are serviced by associates and subsidiaries that use the company's brand name.It is one of these associates, Indonesia AirAsia, which was operating flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning.It flies Airbus A320 aircraft along more than 30 routes, to destinations in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia.Indonesia AirAsia is 49% owned by the main company, but has a separate chief executive, Sunu Widyatmoko. The rest of the firm is owned by Indonesian shareholders.Indonesia's government prohibits foreign companies from owning the majority of any civil aviation firms.Tony Fernandes The boss of AirAsia Group, Tony Fernandes, is also chairman of Queens Park Rangers football club in the UK.AirAsia's business model is similar to other so-called budget airlines. It offers no business or first class seats, and the average fare is roughly 170 Malaysian ringgit (£30; $48).In the three months to the end of September, the AirAsia group made a pre-tax profit of 26.5m Malaysian ringgit (£4.8m; $7.6m), and carried almost 5.3 million passengers.However, the number of passengers carried by Indonesia AirAsia was down by 10% in the same period, dropping to 1.85 million after the airline cut some of its routes.In 2013, it carried almost 8 million passengers in total.Indonesia AirAsia was set to float on the stock market in the last couple of years, but rising costs and the depreciation of the country's rupiah currency against the US dollar have delayed such a move.Indonesia AirAsia flies just one type of plane - the Airbus single-aisle A320.
The A320 seats between 150 and 180 passengers, and is known for its distinctive wingtips, which were designed to make the aircraft more fuel efficient.Airbus says the A320 used on flight QZ8501 had accumulated some 23,000 flight hours over 13,600 flights.
line-Analysis: Sharanjit Leyl, BBC News, Singapore
AirAsia's brand image is closely tied with its chief executive, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, who took over operations in 2001. Almost always in jeans and an AirAsia cap when interviewed, Mr Fernandes was seen as Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.In the same way that Mr Branson took on the dominance of British Airways in the 1980s, Mr Fernandes wanted to compete with established long-haul carriers in the region - like Malaysia's own flag carrier, Malaysian Airlines.He's listed as one of the richest men in Malaysia and has always been adept at spinning his marketing message out to the media. With this plane's disappearance, he's wasted no time in tweeting out messages of support to the family and has already arrived in Surabaya along with members of the Indonesian affiliate of AirAsia.
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-09:00PM
THE FAMILIES ARE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR RESULTS OF THEIR LOVED ONES TO BE FOUND ALIVE OR DEAD IN QZ 8501. SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES.THERES NO SIGNS OF THE MISSING PLANE YET.A 7 SHIP FLEET IS WAITING TO BE USED BY AMERICA IF INDONESIA NEEDS ANY EXTRA HELP WITH FINDING THE MISSING QZ 8501-A320-200.AT 8:55PM THE FAMILIES ARE HAVING A CLOSED DOOR MEETING WITH INDONESIAN OFFICIALS.I WONDER WHATS UP HERE.HOPEFULLY THE OFFICIALS WILL UPDATE US AFTER THE FAMILIES MEETING.
MISSING FLIGHT QZ 8501 AIR BUS A320-200-pic-Indianexpress.com
UPDATE-DEC 28,14-07:40PM
NOW A REPORT SAYS THAT THE QZ 8501 WAS DENIED TO CLIMB TO 38,000 FEET BECAUSE THERE WAS TO MANY PLANES IN THE AREA.AND THEY MIGHT CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLANE.THIS AREA IS A MAJOR COMERCE AREA AND HEAVILY TRAVELLED EVERY DAY WITH TONS OF PLANES.
Crew:Iriyanto (Captain)-Remi Emmanuel Plesel (First Officer)-Saiful Rakhmad (Engineer)
Flight Attendants:Wanti Setiawati -Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi-Oscar Desano-Wismoyo Ari Prambudi
Indonesia set to resume search for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait-By Eveline Danubrata and Michael Taylor-JAKARTA Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:43pm EST
(Reuters) - Indonesia was set to resume at first light the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, which went missing on Sunday just after the pilot requested a change in course to avoid bad weather.Singapore said it had sent two naval vessels to help the Indonesian military look for the Airbus (AIR.PA) A320-200 operated by Indonesia AirAsia, adding a C-130 air force plane took part in the search on Sunday.Malaysia would send three naval vessels and a C-130 to assist, Singapore's Channel News Asia television reported. Australia, the United States, Britain, South Korea and India also offered help ranging from planes and navy ships to experts and investigators."We are deeply shocked and saddened by this incident," said Indonesia AirAsia Chief Executive Sunu Widyatmoko. "We are cooperating with the relevant authorities to the fullest extent to determine the cause of this incident."The carrier is 49 percent owned by Malaysia-based budget carrier Air Asia (AIRA.KL). The AirAsia group, including affiliates in Thailand, the Philippines and India, has not suffered a crash since its Malaysian budget operations began in 2002.Onboard Flight QZ8501 were 155 Indonesians, three South Koreans, one person each from Singapore, Malaysia and Britain, while the co-pilot was French.The plane was about halfway between Surabaya and Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control at 6:17 a.m. on Sunday (1917 GMT Saturday), Indonesian officials said.It issued no distress call, officials added.There was bad weather over nearby Belitung island at the time and the aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet before asking to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds, said Joko Muryo Atmodjo, air transportation director at Indonesia's transport ministry.The pilot "was requesting deviation due to en-route weather before communication with the aircraft was lost", the airline added.The Indonesian pilot was experienced and the plane last underwent maintenance in mid-November, the airline said. The aircraft had accumulated about 23,000 flight hours in some 13,600 flights, according to Airbus.Malaysia AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes flew to Surabaya and, along with Indonesian officials, updated distraught relatives of passengers at a makeshift crisis center at the airport in Indonesia's second-largest city."This is my worst nightmare," Fernandes said on Twitter. "But there's no stopping", he said of the search.AirAsia swapped the distinctive bright red of its logo for gray on social media accounts and the company website as it faced its biggest ever challenge.The incident caps a disastrous year for Malaysia-affiliated airlines. Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 went missing on March 8 on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board and has not been found.On July 17, the same airline's Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
PRAYING FOR PASSENGERS
Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his people to pray for the safety of the passengers and crew. During his Sunday address at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis said those on board were in his prayers.Louise Sidharta was at Singapore's Changi Airport waiting for her fiancée to return from a family holiday."It was supposed to be their last vacation before we got married," she said.A man named Purnomo told TVOne in Surabaya of his lucky escape. "I should have been on the flight ... but this morning I had an emergency. I had my passport in hand."Like all affiliates of AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia operates Airbus jets, of which it has 30 of the A320 model.AirAsia has ordered several hundred jets from the European planemaker, making it one of its most important customers. The missing plane has been in service for just over six years, according to airfleets.net.Indonesian officials from the civil aviation authority and transport safety committee, which are responsible for crash investigations, arrived in Surabaya on Sunday. A transport ministry official said Indonesia would handle the probe."The aircraft was registered in Indonesia and it looks to be missing over Indonesian territory, so we will lead the investigation," said the official, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media."We have the expertise to do this."(Additional reporting by Gayatri Suroyo in SURABAYA, Chris Nusatya, Cindy Silviana and Kanupriya Kapoor in JAKARTA, Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Praveen Menon in KUALA LUMPUR, Siva Govindasamy, Saeed Hassan, Rujun Shen and Anshuman Daga in SINGAPORE, Sanjeev Miglani in NEW DELHI, Tim Hepher in PARIS, Alwyn Scott in NEW YORK and Philip Pullella in ROME; Writing by Martin Petty and Simon Webb; Editing by Dean Yates)
