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>> well we know that at least a fairly significant chunk of the fuselage is under the water, and the only good news in this story so far is that you look here, the fuselage and the wreckage is only at about an 82 to 105 feet of water. thats important because that allows elite military dive teams to actually go down -- we have important things like the bodies. thats first and faux most. then you have the black boxes. you talk about the cockpit voice recorder. that can tell you things like did the...

Airbus says every 2.5 seconds, a plane from one of its 320 family is taking off or landing somewhere in the world. the missing plane was delivered to airasia in 2008. since then, the airline says it has taken off some 13,600 times, logging approximately 23,000 hours in the air. airasia flight 8501 was carrying more than 18,000 pounds of fuel enough for three hours of flight. shortly before disappearing, the pilot asked if he could ascend to 38,000 feet. that request was denied. the a320 is certi...

Malaysia and tieland have all been a part of this search. the uss sampson is being sent to the area to also scour the sea. australia single in their aircraft to help with search and rescue efforts. so now we are finding out that the indonesian search agency and rescue is saying that they believe they are 95% sure that this debris that is now surfacing in the area with these rescue missions is the debris of airasia flight 8501. an a-320 air bus that had left surabaya, indonesia, enroot for singap...

There tracking developments. we just heard news about the families will be taken via plane to the search area. in that press conference, what was said? what did you hear? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, robin. this is a request, actually, from the families of the passengers. they want to go across the search zone because they want to pray. and they want to pray because they think that will help find some sort of resolution on what is still a mystery on where this plane is. they have made it quit...

Doesnt go down because were already short because malaysian air 370. >> at first glance the disappearance of this flight seems similar to malaysian airlines flight 370, but there are striking differences. at the top of the hour dont miss the cnn special report "vanished," thats at 9:00 p.m. here on cnn. just ahead, well take a closer look at the captain of air asia flight 8501 including how much experience he has flying this airbus 320. be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty ...

Cockpit in the early dawn hours as this plane was, the sun is coming up and there are severe thunderstorms? how difficult? >> well first of all thanks for having me. it is your job to not fly into one of those thunderstorms. at that time of day, you have some visual cues. youre using your radar. youre using all the tools in your arsenal but you are avoiding. i think thats what i suspect they were trying to do. to avoid flying into that kind of weather. >> if you cant avoid it we know in this cir...

Burnett. the united states navy headed to the java sea joined the search for flight 8501 that has just resumed as day breaks in asia. at this hour cnn has learn the guided missile destroyer, the uss samson is on the way part of an international force that includes some 15 planes and 30 ships. it will be if first of air, sea and underwater assets coming from the u.s. so far still no sign of the missing plane. four areas were add after the search sunday and monday turned up nothing. cloudy skies a...

Itself in terms of the currents and the wind and then of course, the debris itself the pattern that was set up. the really heavy stuff is not going to be affected as much by the wind or the currents. >> now, this type of plane, an a-320 airbus it has very good safety record, 0.14 fatal accidents per one million takeoffs. does that give us any indication of what likely caused this crash? >> no i think the design certainly should not be in question here. you know the airplane has proven itself ove...

Learn from this moving forward to pray pair these planes so they -- to prepare these planes so they are even safer. >> anything that happens you learn a little bit, but these are enormously safe airplanes. there was another a-320 incident a few years ago where another indicator froze up. we didnt hear much about it because it was not a passenger flight. these things can happen. making speculation now beyond this wouldnt be appropriate. but it may be something that happened to the airplane as a r...

Passengers and crew. three bodies were found earlier today m confirmed debris from the airbus a-320 was found and recovered today as well about six miles or ten kilometers from the planes last known location off the indonesian island of borneo. the head of the national search and rescue agency in indonesia says three bodies have been found and recovered, two women and one man. victims remains will be identified in hospitals in the city of surabaya, indonesia, where the flight bound for singapore...