In a statement, CAAP also said A320-200 flight QZ8501 did not pass through the Philippines’ flight information region (FIR).
“According to the CAAP operation rescue and coordinating center, the flight path of the said flight is far away from Philippine FIR and no record of such pass thru the Philippine air space today,” the agency said.
The AirAsia plane went missing en route to Singapore from Indonesia. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the flight less than an hour after it left the Juanda international airport.
Air Asia said the pilot of flight QZ8501 had requested "deviation" from the its flight plan because of bad weather.
"The aircraft... was requesting deviation due to enroute weather," the Malaysia-based carrier said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
"Communication with the aircraft was lost while it was still under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control (ATC)." – with Agence Franc Presse
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