Shock and sorrow as QZ8501 goes missing

Updated On Dec 29, 2014 06:12 pm IST
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Passengers queue at AirAsia's check-in counters, at the Changi International Airport in Singapore. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Passengers queue at AirAsia's check-in counters, at the Changi International Airport in Singapore. (AP Photo)

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Trikora Harjo (C), general Manager of Angkasa Pur speaks during a press conference about the missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501, at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Trikora Harjo (C), general Manager of Angkasa Pur speaks during a press conference about the missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501, at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP Photo)

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A child looks on at a viewing gallery overlooking AirAsia planes on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A child looks on at a viewing gallery overlooking AirAsia planes on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters)

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Family members of passengers onboard the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 react as they await news in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Family members of passengers onboard the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 react as they await news in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. (Reuters)

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Military and rescue authorities monitor progress in the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Mission Control Center inside the National Search and Rescue Agency in Jakarta. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Military and rescue authorities monitor progress in the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in the Mission Control Center inside the National Search and Rescue Agency in Jakarta. (Reuters)

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Relatives and next-of-kin of passengers on the AirAsia flight QZ8501 wait prayerfully for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Relatives and next-of-kin of passengers on the AirAsia flight QZ8501 wait prayerfully for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

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An Indonesian man, whose wife is a passenger onboard the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, makes a phone call at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An Indonesian man, whose wife is a passenger onboard the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, makes a phone call at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. (Reuters)

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Two members from the Indonesian Navy's Tactical Commanding Operator (TACCO) help with the search for AirAsia flight QZ 8501on board a CN235 aircraft over Karimun Java in the Java Sea in this photo taken by Antara Foto (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Two members from the Indonesian Navy's Tactical Commanding Operator (TACCO) help with the search for AirAsia flight QZ 8501on board a CN235 aircraft over Karimun Java in the Java Sea in this photo taken by Antara Foto (Reuters)

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A relative shows a picture of alleged passengers who were travelling on missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 on her mobile phone screen at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A relative shows a picture of alleged passengers who were travelling on missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501 on her mobile phone screen at the airport in Surabaya, East Java. (AFP Photo)

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Louis Sidharta (C), a 25-year-old Indonesian whose fiance was onboard the AirAsia flight QZ8501, speaks to the media at a waiting area for next-of-kin and relatives at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Louis Sidharta (C), a 25-year-old Indonesian whose fiance was onboard the AirAsia flight QZ8501, speaks to the media at a waiting area for next-of-kin and relatives at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters)

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Passengers queue for their flights at the AirAsia check-in counter in Changi International Airport in Singapore. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Passengers queue for their flights at the AirAsia check-in counter in Changi International Airport in Singapore. (AP Photo)

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Relatives of the passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 check the plane's manifest at a crisis center set up by local authority at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Relatives of the passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 check the plane's manifest at a crisis center set up by local authority at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

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An airport official checks a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authority for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An airport official checks a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authority for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

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Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 comfort each other at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

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A flight information signboard shows the status of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A flight information signboard shows the status of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore at Changi Airport in Singapore. (Reuters)

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