Air Asia Flight to Singapore Goes Missing
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FRONTLINE ‘Govt to do away norms Ajmal wasn’t feeling Pranab Simbu sings PRINTERS 3 set in British era’ 6 effective enough: Coach 7greets Vasan 8 for Prashanth Huge loss PRIVATE LTD n AirAsia fl ight from Indonesia’s Surabaya airport to Complete Printing ASingapore lost contact with air traffi c control on Sun- day, a Transport Ministry offi cial said. The Airbus 320-200 Facilities under had 155 passengers and seven crew members on board. One Roof Transport Ministry offi cial Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, M-7, Thiru-Vi-Ka fl ight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air Industrial Estate, traffi c control tower. Guindy, Singapore said on Sunday it has activated its air force Chennai - 600 032. and navy to help in the search and rescue operation for the AirAsia (AIRA.KL) jet that went missing on a fl ight & 2250 0111, 4202 1111 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. Two C130s are already on stand-by for this purpose. Chennai’s No 1 English evening daily since 1982 www.newstodaynet.com We remain ready to provide any assistance to support the search and rescue effort, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said in a statement. A waiting area, and facilities and support have been set up for relatives at Changi Airport Terminal 2, it said. Malaysia today offered help in the search of missing AirAsia fl ight. 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 NATIONAL DAILY FOUNDER EDITOR: T.R.R will do all we can to help fi nd out what happened, Strait VOL. XXXIII NO. 22 H CHENNAI H SUNDAY 28.12.2014 (EVENING) H OTHER STATIONS MONDAY 29.12.2014 (MORNING) H 8 PAGES Rs. 4.00 H Regd. No., TN/CC(S) Dn. / 223 / 12-14, RNI No: 33810 / 82 Times quoted Razak as saying. Girl eve-teased, beaten up by youths Air Asia fl ight to Muzaffarnagar, Dec 28 (PTI): A B.Com student was allegedly eve- teased by two youths and later beaten up when she resisted their attempt Singapore goes missing here, police said today. The accused, Arpit Jain and Vishal, started eve-teasing the girl who was q Loses contact with ATC q 182 were on board * Hectic search on on her way to home from college in Kirshna Puri locality here yesterday. Singapore, Dec 28 (PTI): The aircraft... was requesting devia- Malaysia Within a few minutes, she resisted An AirAsia flight with 162 people tion due to en route weather, it said. and protested against their activity, aboard went missing en route from In- Ten months Indonesian TV channels said there offers help they said. The two youths allegedly donesia to Singapore today after losing were 149 Indonesians, three Kore- ago...... The Malaysia government today beat up the victim when she voiced contact with air traffi c controllers. ans, one Singaporean, one Briton offered help in the search of miss- against their harassment, police said. There were unconfi rmed reports that The loss of contact with the and one Malaysian on board. ing AirAsia fl ight which lost con- A case was registered against the an aircraft has crashed in the waters AirAsia plane comes nearly 10 Search and rescue operations tact with air traffi c controllers be- accused on the directive of SSP Muz- off East Belitung, off the east coast of months after the disappearance have been activated by the Indo- tween Singapore and Indonesia. affarnagar after her family demanded Sumatra. However, the details of the of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH nesian authorities from the Pangkal Prime Minister Datuk Najib Ra- action against them, they said. aircraft were not known. 370, which dropped off radar Pinang Search and Rescue offi ce. zak said he had not been fully A transport offi cial said Flight QZ8501 over Southeast Asia on 8 March. The CAAS and Changi Airport (Indonesia) at 5.20 am local time and briefed on the aircraft’s disap- Huge haul lost contact with Jakarta air traffi c con- Group (CAG) Crisis Management was scheduled to land at Singapore’s pearance, but acknowledged that trol just after 7.24 am local time. statement. The aircraft was an Air- Centres have already been acti- of gold Changi Airport at 8.30 am. the country may be facing its third The aircraft was in the Indonesian bus A320-200 with the registration vated. A statement on AirAsia’s Facebook aviation disaster in the year, after Rameswaram, Dec 28 (PTI): Flight Information Region (FIR), more number PK-AXC. ‘We are working with the airline’s page said: AirAsia Indonesia regrets the loss of two Malaysia Airlines One kg of gold worth Rs 25 lakh than 200 nm southeast of the Sin- At this time, search and rescue op- crisis management team,’ it said. to confirm that flight QZ8501 from aircraft in March and July. was seized by customs offi cials and gapore-Jakarta FIR boundary, when Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact erations are in progress and AirAsia AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fern- is cooperating fully and assisting the two persons were arrested in this contact was lost, Civil Aviation Authority with air traffi c control at 0724hrs this andes has asked his company to stay ance in the search operation. AirAsia rescue service, the statement said. connection today. of Singapore (CAAS) said. morning.’ strong. is popular in the region as a budget Following a tip-off that some per- Contact with the plane was lost 42 At the present time we unfortunately Indonesian Transport Ministry of- Thank you for all your thoughts carrier. It has about 100 destina- sons were trying to smuggle gold minutes after takeoff. There were no have no further information regard- fi cial Hadi Mustofa said the plane had and prayers. We must stay strong, tions, with subsidiaries in several to Sri Lanka, offi cials conducted a Indian nationals on board. ing the status of the passengers and asked for an unusual route before it tweeted Fernandes, an ethnic In- Asian countries. Searchers are yet to checking in Dhanushkodi and ar- An Indonesian transport official crew members on board, but we will lost contact, local media reported. dian, who set up the budget airlines fi nd any debris from Flight MH 370, rested, Customs Superintendent confi rmed that seven crew and 155 keep all parties informed as more Air Asia said the pilot had requested which now fl ies to several coun- which offi cials believe crashed in the Pugazhendi said. passengers were on board. information becomes available,’ the deviation from the its fl ight plan be- tries. southern Indian Ocean. more assets He said two others managed to es- The plane took off from Surabaya Malaysia-based carrier said in a cause of bad weather. Malaysia has also offered assist- if required for the operation. cape on seeing the customs offi cials. J&K: Stalemate Raghubar Das sworn continues on next govt Srinagar, Dec 28: Mohammad Sayeed full six years Four days after the Assembly elec- term as chief minister, clarity on in as Jharkhand CM tions result, there are still no signs of article 370, revocation of AFSPA. government formation anytime soon Madhav said, We are not averse in Jammu and Kashmir. Governor to PDP’s demand of talks been q Pledges corruption-free governance N N Vohra has sent letters to both held at the highest level. The Prime the Peoples Democratic Party and Minister can also talk with PDP Ranchi, Dec 28: in the Shibu Soren government after Bharatiya Janata Party asking for leadership. Jharkhand, which has seen nine the 2009 Assembly Elections. their next step. PDP leader Naeem Akthar, how- governments in the last 14 years, has Das joined the Janata Party in The results on 23 December led to ever, said, ‘These are preliminary created history. Five time BJP MLA, 1977 and in 1980 he joined BJP as a fractured mandate with the PDP talks. They need to be taken to Raghubar Das, today took oath as one of its founding member. winning 28 seats, BJP 25, National another level.’ the fi rst non-tribal Chief Minister of He took part in BJP’s fi rst Nation Conference 15 and Congress 12 in Adding to the drama, the Con- the State. Committee meeting in Mumbai in the 87-member J&K Assembly with gress and NC stand by their offer BJP, which won 37 seats in recently 1980. He was then appointed as smaller parties and independents to the PDP. Meanwhile, Independ- held Jharkhand Assembly elections, Sitaramdera Mandal chief. He then bagging the rest. ents too have decided to support a is set to form a stable government became Jamshedpur city BJP sec- Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hus- secular alliance. in coalition with ally AJSU (5 seats) retary and then became the vice sain Beig and BJP’s Ram Madhav CPI (M) MLA Mohammed Yousuf in the 81 member Assembly which president. had done spade work for a possible Tarigami said, ‘I have spoken to was till date notorious for its political He won his fi rst election in 1995 alliance between the two, but the lat- two other Independents to come instability. from Jamshedpur East to become ter wants structured talks on conten- together and throw weight behind The oath taking ceremony held at an MLA in Bihar Assembly.