AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has recently gone missing, losing contact with air traffic control Sunday morning while flying over the Java Sea. 162 passengers are on board, and search and rescue operations are underway.

According to CNBC, the flight was bound from Indonesia to Singapore, and is typically only a two-hour long flight. The missing aircraft is an Airbus A320-200. No distress call was made.

BBC reports that there was bad weather in the area, but planes from both Indonesia and Singapore have been scouring an area of sea between Kalimantan (Borneo) and Java. Search boats were also deployed, and as of now no wreckage has been found.

AirAsia's chief executive Tony Fernandes has since stated, "We don't want to speculate but right now of course the plane has been missing for 12 hours and there's a deep sense of depression here...This is a massive shock to us and we are devastated by what has happened. It's unbelievable."

The captain of the plane is said to have had more than 20,500 flight hours, almost 7,000 of them with AirAsia. However, CNBC reports that Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the plane asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.

This unusual route may have been requested due to bad weather, as Singapore is in the midst of its wet season and neighboring Malaysia has been flooded due to heavy rains.

Of the 162 people who are on board the flight, roughly 155 are Indonesian. However, there are also three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one French person, one Malaysian, and one Briton.

AirAsia has recently changed the color of its logo from bright red to grey, and Fernandes has issued a tweet reading, "We will be putting out another statement soon. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. We must stay strong."