While still waiting for more details on the incident, Najib said what could be confirmed so far was that the Indonesian-owned aircraft went missing from the radar screens soon after departure.
“This means the possibility of something untoward happening to the aircraft. “That’s all I know (about the incident) right now and we will assist in finding out what happened to the aircraft,” he told a news conference after visiting the flood relief centre at Sekolah Menengah Padang Tengku, here, today.
He was commenting on the AirAsia Indonesia aircraft, an Airbus A320-200, which reportedy lost contact with the air traffic control centre at 7.24am, local time, while on its way to Singapore from Surabaya.
— BERNAMA