An AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore has gone missing on Sunday morning, officials at the airline said.

The flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control, Indonesian media said, citing a Transport Ministry official.

Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m local time. (2317 GMT).

He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.

As at the time of filing this report, the #AirAsia plane with 162 passengers is still missing. BBN would keep readers posted on developments. 
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