A British businessman and his two-year-old daughter are believed to be among those travelling on a flight which has lost contact with air traffic controllers.
Hull-born Choi Chi Man and his daughter Zoe are understood to have been on board the AirAsia flight which was carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore
His Singaporean wife and their other child had travelled back to Singapore on an earlier flight, according to Channel News Asia.
Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said Flight QZ8501 stopped communicating with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 7.24am local time.
He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before contact was lost with Indonesia's Juanda International Airport in Surabaya. The flight was expected to arrive in Singapore at 8.30am local time (12.30am UK time).
The search for the plane has now been called off for the day, and is due to resume at first light.
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An AirAsia statement said there are 155 passengers on board; 138 adults, 16 children and one infant. Also on board are two pilots and five crew members.
Most of those on board - 155 - are from Indonesia, three from South Korea, and one each from the UK, Malaysia, France and Singapore.
According to air traffic control website Flight Radar, the aircraft was travelling at 32,000ft over the Java Sea when contact was lost.
Pilot Rakam Singh told Sky News: "As you climb higher the temperature gets lower ... if you hit turbulence you've got more chance of stalling an aircraft if you hit this kind of weather."
He said the chances of carrying out a safe landing after that were low.
This year has been the worst year for aviation accidents in a decade - largely as a result of the MH17 and MH370 disasters.
A statement on Malaysia-based AirAsia's Facebook page said: "AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that Flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07.24hrs this morning.
"The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service."
The airline has set up an emergency call centre for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft.
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Gallery: In Pictures: Missing Flight QZ 8501
The A320-200 took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya. There are 155 passengers on board the flight. This includes 138 adults, 16 children and one infant
The passengers and crew were from six countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, France, South Korea and Indonesia. There was also one British passenger on board
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