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We have more details on the plane now and the ongoing investigation. >> well we know this is a newer aircraft. the delivery date october 2008. now as far as flight time were told by airbus it has about 23,000 flight hours. its what you would call a workhorse for commercial aviation. it is a well-traveled aircraft. the safety record for the a-320 is pretty good when you consider the millions of flights this family of aircraft has made. at this point, airbus is very careful with the language it is...

Before it stalls. so you do run into that situation. but as long as youre not experiencing a lot of airplane upset in the form of turbulence youre still in an okay situation as long as youre monitoring the power for the airplane and how the systems are operating. >> you raise an interesting point, because i was talking to a friend and colleague who is an aviation expert in australia, and he made that point. said hed been looking at the radar information that was available and said they were at 3...

The stall, would the plane come apart at that altitude, or would it come down as a whole? trying to get an idea what searchers would be looking for. >> it should -- again, its conjecture here. it should stay intact. the a-320 is a robust airplane as our modern airplanes today, very robust. however, there could be scenarios, if the pilot had blundered right into the middle of a severe thunderstorm those sorts of things have torn airplanes to pieces. this happened a number of times in the united s...

Likely on the bottom of the sea. based on coordinates of the planes last transmission. here at surabaya airport, its become crisis central. the distraught family members were briefed here earlier today behind closed doors. monday marks the first full day of searching since 8501 disappeared early sunday morning. so far, the plane has not put out any signals that could help pinpoint its location. instead, crews focus on this very broad search zone over the shallow waters of the java sea where the ...

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The background of airasia. it is based in malaysia and flies to about 22 countries. it has affiliates in thailand the philippines, india and indonesia which was operating the plane that went missing. indonesia airasia has a fleet of 30 airbus a-320s. airasia has been in business since 2001. so relatively newer airline. for more on airasias safety record were joined on the phone by the transport reporter. its been around since 2001 so its relatively a newer airline, but it has had a good reputati...

Of a plane in southeast asia. the whereabouts of airasia flight 8501 and the 162 people on board unknown. >> we realize the worst thing may have happened. >> reporter: 15 planes and 30 ships scanned these two areas in the java sea for wreckage. still no sign of the jetliner. the search expands tuesday. >> they have a very good idea where it was. its in a confined area and also in an area where the water is relatively shallow, say 150 feet versus 10,000 or 20,000 feet. so all of those factors, to...

Type of aircraft into the united states. so they could have their own training standard. im not 100% familiar with all the intracancies of their training standard, like minimum time for a co-pilot. we have higher standards here in the united states than they do there. but again, if you look at training, these are two airbus products. the airfrance one and this one. its a little similar in what happened, but again, this is just speculation that it is too early to tell. so you get the post forensi...

About the pilot. he did say that the pilot radioed in saying that they were facing severe weather and he also spoke about the experience of the pilot of that plane. >> our captain was a very experienced captain. he had flown for over 20,000 hours and approaching 7,000 hours with air asia. with the a-320. >> at the moment the air search for the plane has been suspended because of that bad weather. we do understand some boats are still out at sea looking for that missing plane. the whole region ha...

As aaron was taking off, he saw the man grab jacobs arm. hello, everyone. im aisha sesay. we have this breaking news. an airasia flight from the indonesian city of surabaya is missing. an indonesian transport official tells cnn flight 8501 lost contact with air traffic controllers early sunday morning while en route to singapore. the pilot reportedly requested an unusual route before the plane lost contact. the airline says a crisis center has been set up and search and rescue operations are u...