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A child looks on at a viewing gallery overlooking AirAsia planes on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore December 29, 2014.

An AirAsia jet carrying 162 people is still missing

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As authorities continue to search for a missing AirAsia flight bound for Singapore, fears are growing that the aircraft is “at the bottom of the sea.” Meanwhile, AirAsia’s flamboyant chief executive, Tony Fernandes, has been thrust into the international spotlight as his company confronts its first major crisis.

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