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A no-frills airliner. there were 162 people listed on the flight manifest 155 passengers and seven crew most on board indonesians. there were some others. there were three south koreans. one singaporean, and one french person on board. the list included 17 children and an infant. we are also told by one of our analysts from the region that 17 people listed on that flight did not board. there were 17 no-shows. the ceo of airasia, tony fernandez, is now on his way to surabaya. earlier, he tweeted this short statement "thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. we must stay strong." we are cove...

Passengers and seven crew most aboard indonesians. that's a picture of the plane we're talking about. most indonesians. but there were three south koreans aboard one singaporean, one malaysia and one french person. of the passengers there were 17 children. one of our analysts says there were 17 no-shows on this flight that took off from indonesia at 5:30 in the morning. the ceo of airasia, tony fernandes fernandes, highly regarded businessman is on his way to surabaya. earlier, he tweeted a short statement. it read "thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. we must stay strong." then he lat...

Was over water. families are desperate for any sign of what could have happened at the aircraft. there were no americans on board. the ntsb is monitoring the situation from here in the u.s. and says it is prepared to assist if a request comes in. almost all the passengers on board indonesians, including 18 children. all of this comes less than ten months after malaysian airlines flight 370 went missing en route to beijing. a massive international search effort has still not found any trace of that aircraft or the 239 people who were on board. what do western about air az wra itself? julian bra...

Indonesians and singaporeans are leading the search for the missing airplane as we have in the past. the united states stands ready to assist in any way that's helpful. we should also point out here that both -- when mh-370 went missing in march and when mh-17 was shot down over eastern ukraine this summer those were both boeing aircrafts. those were boeing 777s. boeing is an american company, and, of course airbus the aircraft used here, is made by a french company, so the french will be more intimately involved in this search and some of the technical issues in the way that the u.s. was in t...

Sdmroo singe pour is sending ab aircraft. we're not sure at this stage whether the indonesians are going to accept that offer. what we're being told by the national transportation safety authority here is that the most likely area where this plane may have come down is going to be gritted off into four separate search areas, and the search will commence at first light. this is obviously the next step. what actually happened, it is still a mystery at the moment. there have been unconfirmed reports of wreckage being spotted. indonesian authorities have said they haven't had any reports. they hav...