An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing, while on its way from Indonesia to Singapore this morning shortly after the pilots requested a change of flight, because of weather.
The search is on for missing plane that lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control Sunday
The third major aviation incident this year involving a Malaysian carrier.
Of the people on board the Airbus A320-200, 156 are Indonesian, three from South Korea, one is French, one is Malaysian and one is Singaporean, the airline said.