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Those clouds with heavy rain in it. the other is the structural integrity of the aircraft. the a-320 is an incredibly sound machine. however, of late the faa issued an airworthiness directive requiring mandatory inspections for fuselage cracks which the air worth airworthiness says could affect the structure of the aircraft. it will cause serious problems for that airplane. >> lets jump overseas. joining us live from singapore, katie tur with the latest. do we know outcome of the search and resc...

>> thanks, pedram. airasia is a young airline. a near flawless safety record. what about the aircraft itself? cnns rene marsh with more on the a-320. >> reporter: we know this is a newer aircraft. six years old. the delivery date is october of 2008. as far as flight time it has about 23,000 flight hours. it is what you would call a workhorse for commercial aviation. a well traveled aircraft. the safety record for the a-320 is pretty good when you consider the millions of flights this family of a...

Want to tackle that mary? >> absolutely. you know, thats an excellent question and a question that really has to be asked by the investigators of the airline because the theories on that have changed dramatically now that we have on board weather radar and weather facilities in the airlines. and a lot of u.s. carriers will opt to cancel flights rather than not just risk the lives but also risk the schedule. and thats a very good question give than wall of red, that horrible weather. i think the ...

Irianto. hes a veteran of the defunct flight. more than 20 hours in the cockpit and more than 6,000 at airasia flying the airbus a-320. government officials met with his family today at their home on east java. the family is till in mourning over the recent death of ariantos younger brother. >> cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo works for a law firm that represents victims of airline disasters. thank you both for being here. richard, we know the pilot was trying to avoid the bad weather. accordin...

Heat underneath. and still 257 people to get off. >> a lot of work to be done. well continue to follow that story and also continue our coverage on the loss of qz8501. >> and we know its an airbus a-320. well be right back. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...its fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum...♪ smoothies! only from tums. oh, i love game...

South you can barely see it on the edge of your screen, this too, in its counterclockwise fashion bringing cold air in from the southeast across the adriatic. so instead of seeing our snow totals in arias around the coast, of course you can see here were looking at the other coast lean on the back edge in italy. also in greece. that means more rough weather. typically, well find some of the vong are winds on the northern edge and this is going to cause problems for the crews and rescue teams. ye...

Im tai hernandez. >> im t.j. holmes. we start with that search for the missing airasia jet. there was stormy weather right from the start of the flight from indonesia, although thats not necessarily unusual. >> investigators believe the jet crashed and is now at the bottom of the ocean. more from bazi kanani. >> reporter: this is the passenger plane that disappeared over the java sea. air asia flight 8501 was bound from surabaya. most of the 162 on board were indonesian including 16 children and...

Work properly. in this situation, airbus 320-216, which is this aircraft, was not affected. it had a different angle tact indicators installed in the aircraft. so im not looking towards that as a primary indicator or a primary cause at this point as far as what may or may not have happened. >> all right. david soucie and chad myers, thank you. this brings to mind malaysia 370 which unbelievably is still missing after ten months. what are the similarities and what are the differences in the sea...

Bilateral relationships between the u.s. and other countries. so whether theres a concern over the carrier or concern over the countrys oversight capabilities those issues do tend to get dealt with. but i will say that fast growth is a cause for concern. youve got to pay attention. youre bringing a lot of new capacity into the environment. youre bringing a lot of new -- potentially new pilots into a fleet. you might be bringing or introducing new aircraft types into a fleet. so just as we pay at...

What are your thoughts on that? do you think that could have been a potentially contributing factor here? >> its not so much relying on auto pilot, itself its relying on the entire suite of avionics that now restt this cockpit. so much particularly particularly the airbus and a 320 so much of that aircraft is designed for the pilots to not to be so much involved with the mechanics of flying but rather mechanics of monitoring systems and aviation and aeronautics. thats really the why. many pilots...