The multinational search for the plane has entered a third day, with the operation area now widened to cover 13 zones over land and sea.The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 people from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday.The pilots last contact was a request to divert around bad weather. Indonesian officials say air traffic control had approved one request, to veer left, then gave clearance to a second request for permission to climb two to three minutes later.No reply was received and the plane then disappeared from radar. No trace has yet been found.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:28:35 +0000