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A well travelled route. i mean youre talking about some serious air traffic control issues here. it would be very surprising if we learned that this plane either was out of contact for any length of time or under the fir, the indonesian 60 wasnt tracking what was happening. >> all right. richa richard quest. do stand by for us because i want to share this with our viewers. look at this. we want to put this up on our screens for you. air asia has quickly updated their company pages on social medi...

Confirmation. it appears as though the vast majority of those onboard are indonesian, we understand from reports that there may be a british person onboard. there may be a singapore person onboard. there may be three koreans onboard but at this point as i say, its not 100% confirmed so were waiting for that information from the company itself but it does appear at this point the vast majority well over 150, 145, i should say are indonesians themselves. that is the source of this flight. it start...

Were told that the pilot reportedly requested an unusual route before the plane lost contact. we also got information saying the plane had asked to fly at higher altitude to avoid clouds. this is a developing story. that has not yet been con confirmedly but the plane had asked for a different altitude and search and rescue operations are under way. weve had richard quest with us and mary, both cnn aviation analysts who have stressed the importance of people moving fast. at this point in time bas...

Time. that was five hours ago. concerns are increasing. >> we appreciate the reporting. stand by for us. we want to recap for our viewers. theres an air asia flight to singapore is missing. a transport official says it lost contact with air traffic controllers at 7:24 a.m. that they lost contact with air traffic controllers. you heard paula say this was a flight that was supposed to land at 8:20 a.m. loc al time. the pilot requested an unusual route before the plane lost contact. we do want to s...

Where they are in imminent danger of losing the air craft or letting air traffic control know that you need route. you need new routing or emergency services when you land. you need a different route to take for your air craft but those two messages did not at this point from what we know, did not go to air traffic control so air traffic control might not have known at that time that the plane was in serious trouble. what we do know, we can base this on other accidents and other crises and other...

Part of aviation with south/east asian traffic going north. south, east, west -- looking at this map at the moment, there are at least five planes in very close proximity. >> richard quest, important analysis there. richard do stand by for us. i want to recap what we know and what we know about this air asia indonesia flight 8501. it was in route from indonesia to singapore when it went missing. plane lost contact at 7:24 a.m. indonesian loc am time. more than five hours ago. it had 162 people o...

>> right. so when we talk about an flight information region, this is how the international aviation authorities, this is how the world is divided up. different countries are given different things. this is the area that you are responsible for in the event of an incident. youre involved with the air traffic control of it and if something happens, you lead the way for the search and rescue. so thats -- for instance, mh 360, because it was miled away from malaysia but the incident appears to have...

Aviation that companies like air asia will have subsidiaries or partial interests or minor investments in these other air lines and these other air lines are allowed to brand the product. in this case, indonesia air asia but the air craft for example indonesia air asia has far, f ffar air craft than the parent company has. it will be an indonesian investigation. what im looking at now, look at the route this plane was taking over the water. it was up 32,000 feet give or take. the altitude seems ...

Greg, its good to see you here. i just mentioned the evidence, the concrete evidence that points to this being a criminal act. it i can me through that that leads you to believe thats the case. >> well, early on, david, one of the things that we had was the initial radar track. that was just the outbound portion that tended to make us believe that this was just at event that took place and we didnt know if it was an accident. it was that second turn. it was that initial left hand turn with the t...

The plane was deliberately diverted. in a moment, ill speaking to dan pfeiffer here about what the white house knows at this juncture. first greg fife, pilot, and nbc news analyst. hes been tracking this now. greg, its good to see you here. i just mentioned the evidence, the concrete evidence that points to this being a criminal act. take me through that that leads you to believe thats the case. >> well, early on, david, one of the things that we had was the initial radar track. that was just th...