In pics: Anxious relatives await information on flight QZ8501

Anxious relatives thronged the crisis centre Sunday at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, to find out the status of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. Here's photo essay capturing their anxious wait.

In the third such incident this year following Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and MH17, AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control early Sunday morning. Anxious relatives thronged the crisis centre at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, to find out the status of the missing jetliner.