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Information. we call it center weather advisories and things like that. so there is additional weather information that is available. whether it was available to this particular flight crew or not, thats a question that needs to be asked and answered. >> theres a lot of good information right there. greg thanks very much. up next "the interview" has proven to be a huge success online even if sony never planned it that way. the latest on the controversial film coming up here on "morning joe."

and kasie hunt and miky kay. founder and ceo of risk investigation company roman and associates, anthony roman. an faa licensed commercial pilot and former flight instructor. lets get to the latest on the search for air airborne fly plate 8501. >> at this hour the search continues to determine what happened to the plane and where it might be. its focused near indonesias island in the java sea. the search efforts include several planes and helicopters. loved ones are now anxiously await...

We had accidents 30, 40 years ago where airplanes had flown into thunderstorms because they were using an early form of radar so you were looking for shadows and holes in the line of thunderstorms if you will. now they can paint on radar various shades of green all of the way to red and purple to indicate the intensity of the thunderstorm. you can have a masking effect where you can have multiple thunderstorms. if they are looking at a thunderstorm in front of them, there may be a thunderstorm o...

Needle in a haystack. we have two c-130s that will be sent out tomorrow to continue the search. two c-130s in the size of the ocean of a java sea there. its pretty tough to spot things. >> it is, alex. but the good thing is they have better radar coverage so they at least can narrow the search area down. as i talked about before the sea state is going to spread that wreckage but with the surface assets and then of course airborne assets i think they are going to have a better -- at least a bette...

Being back in the skies over the area as daybreaks and get light out there to help in the search. in the meantime stay with us for this discussion and perspective this morning. thank you so much. michael kay, greg feith, we appreciate it. were going to have much more on this story throughout the morning here on msnbc, but more strikes on isis and the latest on the jordanian pilots. keep it here.

Issues in many respects pushed the investigation to the background with the chinese and malaysian government. all with legitimate interests with passengers on board. i dont think we have the same mix present here. we have 155 malaysianens on board. under the international convention certainly it is quite clear that the malaysians take it the lead on the investigation. and theyre quite experienced in accident investigation. >> there have been cases in the past -- im thinking of the silk air crash...

Are there lessons that we can apply to this search? >> i think one of the primary things now is the fact that we have a very cooperative spirit. the search and rescue efforts started very early. it was multinational. they gathered a number of different players between malaysia and indonesia and singaporeans. all of this came together very quickly and the search began in very short order. the other thing is we know what technology we have. we have very sophisticated underwater listening devices a...

Miles to work out what it is they are going to do. usually they make a request to air traffic control which will deviate them from the track, maybe ten miles, to get around the system not above it. the usual norm is to go around the system and get back on track as soon as they cleared the weather. >> interesting to see what happened since there was a silence after that request and not hearing from them. greg, i want to ask you what kind of assistance the united states can provide in this investi...

Over the disputed areas in crimea and ukraine went down and then of course one there in the indian ocean mh flight 370. this one has gone down over the java sea if thats indeed what has happened. its been now some 13 hours since anyone heard anything from that plane. there are joint rescue operations being launched in the sea and also in the air. the singapore navy and singapore air force joined forces with malaysia to do its best to try to find this plane. 155 passengers. five crew members. a p...

You refer to at duration of the plane, how long its been in use or the kinds of flights its been in if its long haul or short haul does that affect it differently? >> alex i flew this plane for six years as a captain. its been in service as a fleet-type since the 80s. its a well-proven design and has not shown a history of metal fatigue. i think the idea of anything along that line is pretty speculative. we dont have any information and if they had a problem and needed to come down once they had...