AirAsia flight QZ8501: Who were the victims?

December 31, 2014 00:22

Indonesia has confirmed AirAsia flight QZ8501, which went missing 28 December en route from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, crashed in to the Java Sea.

The Airbus A320-200 was carrying seven crew and 155 passengers, including 17 children. Almost all of them were Indonesians, with the exception of a South Korean family of three, the French co-pilot, one Briton, one Singaporean and one Malaysian.

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