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Asia. its no frills. they say themselves they dont compromise on safety. flying the airbus 320, this is the work horse of the skies. we know this. this is a very reputable aircraft. >> and it was only six years old. >> absolutely. >> we are continuing to follow this and also another story that is continuing to unfold the dramatic rescue ongoing in the adriatic sea. >> well get the latest on ia burning passenger ferry off the coast of greece. well be right back. do stay with us.

Crew and our passengers. you think of the low cost airlines you think of the boeing a-320s. they transformed the ability to travel in these parts of the world. 43 minutes after the hour. we will continue to follow the breaking news in the search for airasia flight 8501. we will follow that all morning. more news this morning, a frantic rescue at sea. hundreds on board a burning ferry. this dangerous situation has turned deadly. we are live after the break.

Frustrations for authorities and particularly families of the passengers as well. this morning, grim new details as it has search for air asia flight 8501 continues. indonesian authorities leading the search think the plane is likely on the bottom of the sea based on coordinates of the planes last transmission. here at surabaya airport, its crisis central. the deistraught relatives are briefed behind closed doors. so far the plane has not put out signals to help pinpoint the location. instead cr...

Indonesia president is asking for patience from the families of those aboard the plane. >> translator: we will do all it takes to find the missing airplane and we hope that families of victims will be patient and pray that this search will have a conclusion. >> reporter: 5:36 a.m. the airbus a-320 took off from the indonesian city of surabaya on sunday morning. it was bound for singapore, a flight that usually takes a little over two hours. 6:12 about 45 minutes into the flight indonesian offici...

Water and then sunk why has there been no signal coming from the electronic transmitter? shouldnt that have sent out some kind of beacon? >> technically, john youre absolutely right. it should have. i dont have an explanation of why that appears to have failed. it may well have been destroyed in the, in when the airplane impacted the water. or, it just may have malfunctioned. it may be as simple and as tragic as that. >> one thing were talking about is that these planes routinely try to fly arou...

Report an issue, their number one responsibility is to try to navigate out of it without potentially risking or losing the lives of all their passengers and themselves. >> thats correct and the technology you spoke about earlier, this is what a glasscockglass cockpit looks like, that makes to the infrared rather easy to look at. there were 37 of these instruments in the old days in every cockpit and one of these that you can pull-up any data you need in an instant. so the glasscock pit both in t...

Go through directly a thunderstorm. >> its our understanding that the pilot -- the captain asked for a deviation in the flight route, asked to go higher. how stable is the plane at those altitudes, some 36,000 to 38,000 feet? >> well thats a great part of the question. but before i get to that answer and ill get to it very quickly. lets not jump ahead of ourselves. the request for higher altitude may have been because they were experiencing choppy ride. it may not have been unbearable. we all wa...

Transmission of that data? >> not likely. the airplane would continue to put out signals, particularly a 6-year-old air bus. we dont know if they had the same system on air france 447 which sends out system status updates. and that the plane continues to broadcast regardless of the pilots action. the pilots dont have to send communications. the plane tells the airline base whats going on with the aircraft. if the they have those messages the plane would send them out regardless of what is going ...

It is their estimation that the plane had a water landing, it is their estimation and prediction, from the news conference that happened earlier, it has ended. since that time, but their prediction is that it is at the bottom of the sea. now, one of the scenarios could be -- because again we dont know the information here, anthony, and we have to remain diligent about what might be possible is the possibility of it landing on the water, floating for an amount of time. it has that ditch switch. t...

Search and rescue i should say, was conducted. and people will be asked questions about this helicopter situation. >> remarkable only one person has died. >> a story well stay on top of for you here on cnn. well also continue our coverage of flight qz 8501. >> and well have here on the safety record of the a-320 that was involved. stay with us. why do i cook for the holidays? to share with family to carry on traditions to come together, even when were apart in stuffing, mashed potatoes gravy, an...