AirAsia flight disappears during journey to Singapore . Tony Fernandes , the CEO and founder of AirAsia , told CNN 's Andrew Stevens that the captain had 20,000 hours of flying experience , 7,000 of which were with AirAsia on the same model of plane that disappeared . Pilots requested diversion due to bad weather . - July 29 : A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 227 people crashes into the sea off Indonesia after taking off from Surabaya in Indonesia. Thunderstorms could have been too high for plane to fly over .
AirAsia flight disappears during journey to Singapore . Pilots requested diversion due to bad weather . - July 29 : A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 227 people crashes into the sea off Indonesia after taking off from Surabaya in Indonesia. Thunderstorms could have been too high for plane to fly over .