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Navy divers down to identify a piece of wreckage that wasnt happening today. it is hampering the search for bodies as you can imagine. one victim the first to be identified today, a woman. she according to airasia was identified through dna, united with her family here and taken back to her village. after a brief ceremony laid to rest, richard. >> kelly, as we look at some fuselage you reported on theyre hoping that indeed according to tony fernandez what they have seen might be part of that. wh...

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...

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...

Of the world, that flight level would be cold enough that icing could be a concern. investigators will have to eventually analyze if icing conditions on the wings came into play along the flight path. as we zoom in, this is the flight and the last known location. you can see the thunderstorms right nearby. obviously weather, if it wasnt the main factor, it was certainly no help along the path of the flight. richard, back to you. >> mark, thank you for that update for us on the weather. here is w...

Hearing from associated press that the search and rescue operations aerially have been suspended for now. its approaching 8:30 local time. its dark. if there is bad weather in the area they certainly dont want to add to the problems there. aerial operations are suspended at the moment. there are boats in the water being operated by the singapore navy trying to look for the area around which contact was lost. can i ask you about the a-320 in terms of how quickly and easily that plane will be able...

Plane in particular, how has the series performed in bad weather? >> the a-320 has been in service. it is a mainstay, the fleet has been in service since the mid 1980s. i used to fly one. and spent about six years with it. it is an extremely robust, well-tested high-quality airplane. it is very capable and it has millions upon millions of hours of safe flying. so the airplane is very well known. i enjoyed my time flying it. >> do you know much about -- i guess the pressure, if you will. this was...

Sophisticated capability, which is important because of the complicated geographic terrain. but depending on how this search develops, there could be some american involvement. white house officials dont expect a further statement from the president today. however, if theres any formal requests for u.s. help, well keep you updated from here. >> for which we thank you in advance, chris jansing. appreciate it. well joining me now, aviation analyst who also served for 25 years as an airline capta...

Around? >> go above. try to climb above it, as it appears right now. they asked for a deviation. however, these type of thunderstorms can exceed the aircrafts climb capability in terms of vertical development. they can actually grow upwards much faster than the aircraft can climb. >> if this plane is cruising at 32,000 feet and anthony, it wants to go up to 38 i understand that an a-320 has a ceiling about 39,000 feet? >> 39 41,000 feet is about its service limit. >> okay. how do you deal with t...

Its an airbus. airbus released a statement while confirming details of the missing flight. airbus is saying that the aircraft was delivered back in 2008. it had accumulated approximately 23,000 flight hours in some 13,600 flights. the a-320 is short to medium range narrow body jet. it can carry up to 180 passengers. it has a range of about 3,700 miles or so. this plane is a very popular plane in wide use around the world. there are 6,000 right now currently in service. joining me via skype, john...

Built airplane. the airplane has not shown any likelihood of metal fatigue, so i dont believe that that will be an issue. theres certainly nothing in the fleet history to indicate that. so with the kind of history, extensive history that the a-320 has had and the maintenance being having been performed on schedule and routinely by airasia, i certainly -- this is something that the investigators will look at but this airplane has a good solid history, based on my experience with it as well well. ...