Melanie Kraft

Melanie's aviation journey began at a young age, earning her first pilot certifications while still a teenager, before she ever held a driver’s license! As lead journalist at AIRLIVE.net, she plays a pivotal role in shaping the voice and editorial direction of the website. Her experience spans flight operations, air traffic coordination and emergency incident analysis.
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AirAsia

28 December 2014, 11:30am Local Time:- An Indonesia AirAsia aircraft, QZ8501, scheduled…

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ALERT Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has visited the families waiting for news of flight QZ8501 at Changi Airport's Terminal 2 – @AsCorrespondent

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ALERT Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore: 'Indonesia accepts Singapore's offer to assist in the search and locate efforts of the missing Indonesia AirAsia aircraft' – statement

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NEWS Jetblue adds three routes from Ronald Reagan Airport

JetBlue Airways is adding three more nonstop routes from Ronald Reagan Washington…

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ALERT Djoko Murjatmodjo, Indonesia's acting director general of transportation, says there was no distress signal from the cockpit – @AP

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ALERT AirAsia missing flight hotline set up on +622 129 850 801 for those concerned about welfare of family, friends – @9NewsAus

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ALERT AirAsia flight: No press conference to be held at Singapore's Changi Airport, all briefings will be in Indonesia – @YahooSG

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NEWS Indonesia AirAsia is 49% owned by Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia, with local investors holding the rest – @Reuters

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ALERT Malaysia's transport minister: 'Malaysian government has set up a rescue coordination center at Subang, Malaysia, and is deploying assets now to aid the search and rescue, is coordinating with Indonesian led effort' – @liowtionglai

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ALERT Editor's note: AirAsia has never had a fatal accident, according to RT and The Telegraph. – Stephanie

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ALERT Editor's note: AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been missing for more than six hours now, AP reports. It is not clear where the plane is, but Indonesian officials said it would not be able to be in the air at this point and they believe it went missing between Tanjung Pandan and Pontianak. Officials say the pilot had asked if it could go higher from 32,000 feet to 34,000 feet after reporting clouds. – Stephanie

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ALERT Image: Vessel traffic area in region where AirAsia flight lost contact with air traffic control – @SatelliteAIS

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