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This case. shortly thereafter controllers lost contact with the plane. the flight was scheduled to land at 8:30 a.m. local. here now security expert and former commercial pilot an no any roman. thanks for being with us. you are in that situation. a lot of turbulence. you ask air traffic control, can we deviate, increase altitude, whatever, to get around whats in front of us. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. you hit a situation where you may need to take evasive action. there is something...

Would that team look like that would be sent. what can you tell us about that? >> right. what we usually see in incidents like this is the team is launched. you have investigators with different specialties. theyd be looking at various issues once they arrived there on the ground. they want to focus in on the pilot, the pilots experience. they would look at the human error factors. there would be someone else who would specialize in potential maintenance issues. potential mechanical issues with ...

Singapore. we understand president obama has been briefed on the situation. we also understand the ntsb is monitoring the situation. there do not appear to be any americans onboard that plane. here to help sort out the developing story now, we have kitty higgins, former national safety transportation board member and a former flight instructor. kitty, ill reach out long distance to you in london. from what we know so far about that plane and the crew and the communications with air traffic contr...

Altitude from 32000 to 38,000 feet is also something you wouldnt have done. >> im not a popular advocate of moving why airport higher than the operating low be. even as i moved out of the possible icing or anything like that i want a maneuverable aircraft on my aircraft. >> one thing interesting about the debates is you hear of airs you type of -- you hear a lot of the airbus 320 and that is the plane that crash eded. a lot of people say the airbus is made to be pilot-proof. boeing makes a much ...

Air asia but on the web site, the air line describes itself as quote, no thrills, constantly looking for advancents that will lead to lower costs but not at the expense of safety. its fleet is made up of 320 air craft. were talking about an 320 air craft in this missing air craft is an air bus. the air line flies to more than 100 destinations across 22 countries with its main hub and headquarters in its capital. i want to bring this up and put this on the screen for you. they have quickly update...

News coverage. it is 5:30 in the evening in singapore, 4:30 in the afternoon in indonesia. and that is where an airasia flight has gone missing, flight 8501. it originated in surabaya in the southern part of indonesia and was on its way to singapore. its been missing now for many hours as the plane was flying from surabaya to singapore. heavy thunderstorms around the time that this plane, the a-320 lost contact request air traffic controllers. the pilot asked to change the route because of the w...

This ability of satellite tracking on the plane can actually do it. so what we dont know at this point, whether this aircraft had that kind of capability. but we do have the advantage right now to track it on radar. >> and the airbus 320, give us a little back story to it. its safety record. this is a plane that works hard, works tirelessly, flies all over the world. >> thats right. the 320 is a workhorse. its basically in use around the world. it doesnt have any particul particular -- if you ha...

Enjoyed my time as the captain on the airplane. we flew it in all weather. it is a very maneuverable airplane. it has absolute state of the art electronics, both weather radar and systems on the airplane. so the pilots of an a-320 are prepared as anybody in the sky to be able to deal with inclement weather. and pilots professional pilots deal with thunderstorms and inclement weather regularly. its part of the experience that you gain as a pilot. so the deviation requests are absolutely normal. t...

To keep in mind, richard talked about the air craft being equipped with acars better than 370 if i understood him right. the other thing that the air bus 320 has, this is the same plane that he put down in the hudson. one of the unique features of this air craft is that it has whats called a ditching switch which means all the openings underneath the air craft fuselage can be electronically closed so its a more water tight air craft. if you do have to do a ditching. im not saying that this air c...

Local time there in indonesia. as the plane was flying from surabaya north to singapore, its about a two-hour flight. search and rescue operations are under way, c-130s are in the air, there are ships in that area very heavily trafficked area with many ships. so should be many eyes trying to find any sign of this plane. no sight of it yet. most of the path took it over water. the pilot asked to change route because of the weather. asked to ascend to 38,000 feet. there was a storm at 52,000 feet ...