There is no situation comparable to the tense feeling which occupies the heart and mind of the living family members and relatives of the passengers of the aircraft AirAsia flight number QZ8501 en route from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore which lost contact with control tower after one and a half hour of flight. The aircraft was declared missing at 7.55 am Sunday Indonesian time. There were 162 passengers on board including 138 adults, 16 children and one baby. In addition, there were two pilots, including a French co-pilot, and five cabin crew on board. The missing plane departed at 5.35 am Indonesian time and was scheduled to arrive at 8.30 am Singaporean time.

The search for the missing aircraft had begun since the day it disappeared. However the search and rescue mission had to be stopped as dusk set in and the darkness prevented the operation from proceeding. The search and rescue mission would be continued the following day early in the morning. The SAR team expected better weather on the following day. As the clock keeps ticking and so do the people's hope for a miracle. This incidence touches the hearth and feeling of people across the globe, especially the people of the countries whose citizens were among the passengers of the missing aircraft and the neighboring countries of Indonesia. The passengers of the aircraft consisted of 149 Indonesian, 3 South Korean, 1 Briton, 1 Singaporean, and 1 Malaysian.

Until the third day of searching, the SAR teams have not found any clue as to where the missing aircraft had fallen. The family and relatives of the passengers and crew members of the missing aircraft who are still waiting at the Crisis Center at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia are still full with tense feelings and sadness while waiting for the news on the result of the search. It seems that we need longer period of time to obtain good news on the result of the search of the missing aircraft. Meanwhile, assistance and offers of assistance have been given to the government of Indonesia from neighboring and allied countries to help in the search. The general public can only pray for the best and show their sympathy for the family members and relatives of the crew members and passengers of the missing aircraft in any way they can. Many people sent their prayers and sympathetic statement for the family members of the passengers and crew of the aircraft via social media such as Facebook and twitter.

Majelis is a librarian, an English teacher, and a translator working at the Library of Graduate Program of Sriwijaya University (Pascasarjana Unsri), Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. You can contact him via his website: [http://www.pemburu-dolar.com]

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