(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board disappeared on Sunday amid thunderstorms while flying from Indonesia to Singapore prompting a major search operation.
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai dismissed claims that wreckage of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 was found media reported on Sunday.
"I urge people to maintain calm and not listen to unverified news reports" The Star Online quoted him as saying.
Unconfirmed reports emerged that the wreckage allegedly of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been found in the waters off East Belitung.
"There are plenty of speculations that they have found the plane. At this point of time it is not true. We are still looking for the plane" he said.
AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board disappeared on Sunday amid thunderstorms while flying from Indonesia to Singapore prompting a major search operation.
The plane lost contact with the air traffic control somewhere between Kalimantan and Belitung island an Indonesian transport ministry official said.
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