No Bangladeshi on missing AirAsia flight
There was no Bangladeshi citizen on board the missing Air Asia flight carrying 155 people from Indonesia, which lost contact with air traffic control today.
Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 am (2317 GMT), Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa told media.
Indonesian media said 156 Indonesians, three people from Korea, and one each from Singapore, Franch and Malaysia were on board, according to BBC.
It had 155 passengers and crew on board, another Indonesian Transport official said.
Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia confirmed its flight had lost contact with air traffic control and said a search-and-rescue operation had been launched.
Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
The incident comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysia's airlines.
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