Air Asia missing plane: Sunday December 28 as it happened

Here is how the news of the disappearance of Air Asia flight QZ8501 broke

• Pilot had asked to change route to 'avoid bad weather'
• Search and rescue called off until 6am
• Briton named in local media as Choi Chi Man
• Dominant low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia with good record
• On board were 155 Indonesian, 1 Singaporean, 1 Malaysian, 1 French, 3 South Korean, 1 Briton

19.00 That is all for today from our coverage of the search for Flight QZ 8501.

You can read the latest updates as the search resumes here:...

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