#AirAsia: Families Wait While Experts Ask Questions

On Sunday December 28, early in the morning an AirAsia passenger jet disappeared. According to Jethro Mullen of CNN:

The aircraft, flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, went missing as it flew at 38,000 feet over the Java Sea between the islands of Belitung and Borneo — a heavily traveled shipping channel with shallow waters, according to Indonesian authorities, who are leading the search and rescue operations.

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Flight QZ8501 had just left Surabaya on its regular early morning flight to Singapore. On board were 162 people. They are from Singapore, Britain, Indonesia, France, and Malaysia. They include 7 crew members, 16 children, and a baby. Friends and relatives have gathered at both airports to wait word on the search. In the meantime, AirAsia CEO, Tony Fernandez, expressed his thoughts via Twitter:

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