Another airliner flying out of a Southeast Asia airport has gone missing on a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore, normally a two-hour trip.  CNN reports: There was conflicting information about when exactly Flight 8501 went missing. AirAsia said contact was lost at 7:24 a.m. Sunday (7:24 p.m. Saturday ET), but Indonesian aviation authorities said it happened earlier, at 6:17 a.m. The pilot had asked permission to change his route to avoid bad weather. Via UK Telegraph: At the time of this writing, it is dark in the area where the plane went missing, and the search for wreckage has been called off. The sudden loss of communications with the plane, with no indications of distress, would seem to indicate a catastrophic event, perhaps a breakup of the airplane due to severe winds in the storm that was raging at the time. If and when a black box is recovered, we will know much more. At this time, it is a mystery. photo credit:...(Read Full Post)