AirAsia 8501 Missing: Timeline of Events
See the flightpath, weather maps in disappearance of Airbus A300.
— -- AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disappeared on a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore, on Sunday morning with 162 people on board. The last report from the jet was the pilot requesting to change the flight plan because of weather, the airline said. Here's a timeline of events:
Take off scheduled: 5:20 a.m. Sunday Surabaya time (5:20 p.m. Saturday ET)
Take off actual: 5:36 a.m. Sunday Surabaya time (5:36 p.m. Saturday ET)
Indonesia lost contact with plane, according to Indonesian transportation ministry: 6:17 a.m. Sunday Surabaya time (6:17 p.m. Saturday ET)
Scheduled to land: 7:57 a.m. Sunday Singapore time (9:57 p.m. Saturday ET)
Normal flight duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
Duration of flight from takeoff to lost contact: 41 minutes
