The disappearance on Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for Singapore.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Flight 370, carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, vanished without a trace, Officials initially ruled out terrorism, but conspiracy theories have endured.
The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on March 8 triggered one of modern aviation’s …read more
Source: The Indian Express
