Malaysia to help in search of AirAsia flight

December 28, 2014 12:29

Malaysia today offered help in the search of missing AirAsia flight which lost contact with air traffic controllers between Singapore and Indonesia this morning.

Prime Minister Datuk Najib Razak said he had not been fully briefed on the aircraft's disappearance, but acknowledged that the country may be facing its third aviation disaster in the year, after the loss of two Malaysia Airlines aircraft in March and July.

"I don't have much detail yet on what happened, but there is a very big possibility that a tragedy has occurred. We will do all we can to help find out what happened," Strait Times quoted Razak as saying.

Flight QZ8501, carrying 162 people, lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control just after 07:24am local time, a transport official told local media. Contact with the plane was lost 42 minutes after takeoff.

There were no Indian nationals on board.

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