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"jumbo boeing 747." what do you see as the most important similarities? ? >> the first thing is how quickly these things can happen. we must be very careful not to make too much of the fragmented information we have at the moment. there are certain similarities. this thing happened very quickly. we know because of the gap, short gap between when crew asked for permission to climb and when the controllers got back to them. some two minutes or so. by that time the crew was unable to communicate. i...

When we talk about the bad weather hampering the search for air asia flight 8501 important to note its monsoon season in the java sea. gale force winds making it nearly impossible for those search helicopters to fly. theres driving rain that cuts visibility and the high waves in the java sea are making it difficult for ships. joining me now cnn meteorologist tom sadder. todays search which has come and gone had to be called off because of the weather. any reprieve in sight? >> theres so many ele...

While investigators zero in on what may have caused the crash of air asia flight 8501 were learning more about some of the 162 people on board. one of them the captain a former fighter jet pilot who recently celebrated his 53rd birthday and this was the second recent tragedy for the family. the pilots younger brother died just days ago from diabetes. family and friends shared their thoughts and their grief with cnn gary tuckman who is there in indonesia. >> reporter: this is what it looks like t...

Metal and two black bags some of the latest items recovered from air asia flight 8501. debris with another body on a ship being brought in for identification a process that begun with the positive identification of a woman, a teacher. now searchers have recovered nine bodies total, but rough seas and waves has high as 10 to 13 feet are once again hampering the effort to recover more victims and those black boxes. when searchers finally do find and recover air asia flight 8501 what secrets will t...

Plane ascended steeply to an altitude beyond its envelope as well. its service ceiling and then later dove at a rate that was apparently physically impossible. so again, i said this a whole bunch of times today, but this is early. were getting reports -- >> you dont want to speculate too far ahead. >> exactly. >> remember this protection that youre talking about was primarily designed to protect the airplane or the whole flight from a landing or a takeoff situation if its a stall, you know with ...

The plane takes off and she snapchats them to a friend. thats how cnn gained access to them. one of those photos its a shot of the planes wing and it says bye. the other photograph is of her sister sitting right next to her. and, of course, now this entire family grieving that this little girls entire family was on this flight. i talked to their principal, and she tells me its a tough time for the entire community, ana. theres just so many. so many members of this one nation that were on board t...

When they explain that not only did they find debris but also found bodies floating in the water everyone became hysterical, especially the mothers. one mother even blacked out. deep down in my heart, all i can do is accept the situation and give this to god. i know this is a big tragedy, but why did this happen to my daughter? i know everyone dies when its time. my way to cope with my loss i will pray more often and give this to god. >> sometimes the easiest question is the most difficult to an...