Missing AirAsia flight: Majority of passengers are Indonesian nationals


Filepic: AirAsia Airbus aircraft on the tarmac after landing at Ngurah Rai Internation Airport in Denpasar on the resort island of Bali. - AFP

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JAKARTA: Indonesia's transport ministry said there are of the 155 passengers on board missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, a vast majority - 149 - are Indonesians.

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