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Company this year. a flight traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing is still missing and was caring 239 passengers and crew. and then theres mh-17 that was shot down over ukraine this summer. more heartache for families who just want to know what happened to their loved ones. >> that was katy tur where flight 8501 was scheduled to land singapore. joining me is michael kay here in the studio foreign affairs correspondent and former helicopter pilot in the air force. i welcome all of you. greg ill ...

Its an airasia a-320, flight qz8501. officials say that pilots asked to change paths in the middle of the flight. they asked to go to 38,000 feet to avoid some weather. and there was, indeed a line of thunderstorms in the area. that is the last they heard of that plane before it went off radar. now, it was supposed to land here at 8:30 in the morning at singapore airport. we saw a few family members and friends looking for answers. a lot of them have flown to surabaya airport. so far, though not...

Local time indonesia air traffic controllers lost contact with that plane at 7:24 a.m. flight was scheduled to land in singapore an hour later at 8:30 a.m. local time. airasia is a regional low cost carrier with presence in several southeast asian countries. joining me now, former ntsb investigat investigator. greg joins me on the phone. lets talk about possibilities here based on what we know and the fact the pilot asked for a deviation from the flight plan due to weather. you know what? im jus...

Nationals on board the plane and indonesia is leading the search. dozens are relatives are at the airports hoping for any sort of information but it will be a while since the search isnt going to start again for another several hours. >> heartbreaking given the fact there are 16 children and one infant. no word of americans so far, what were hearing. thank you very much. were bringing in the experts to help us sort through the details of this story as they are coming in. joining me from denver...

Be done other than gathering all of the background information on this flight and this flight crew. >> greg, can the u.s. provide any additional assistance in this situation? >> right now the ntsb and faa are on stand by. they need a letter of request from the indonesians to participate in this investigation. its not a u.s.-built aircraft. it is a malaysian carrier so the ntsb and faa stand ready to assist if thats required. the indonesians -- i worked over there. i set up their national transpo...

Lets them have the opportunity to see better. they have on board weather radar so they have the most current picture of what the weather is actually doing of anybody on the planet. and this weather radar is very up to date. its tech nologically advanced and pilots are skilled and trained on how to use it. they are able to see the areas where you do not fly through and the airs where it is safe to maneuver around. an increase in the altitude would be absolutely normal and deviation off the intend...

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change in flight path. they wanted to go up to 38,000 feet in order to avoid rough weather that was directly in their path. were getting word from the weather channel that there was a 50,000 thunderstorm cluster right near the flight path. that is the java sea under which the plane graphic is shown. they lost contact over the java sea. theres no indication, though specifically that weather had anything to do with it. were getting a live report from a help center at the airport that has...

all night. the region has been pummelled by hurricane rains in days causing can severe flooding in near malaysia. tony fernandez has been givinging a news conference in surabaya. he says the pilot did radio in they were facing severe weather. fernandez didnt have any news of the whereabouts of the plane though and he says his priority at the moment is to the loved ones of those on board. >> we hope that the aircraft is found quickly and we can find out the causes and whats happened. at...

Hours for you. the route that malaysia airlines flight 17 flew is so popular when going from europe to asia, it has a name. its called airway l-980. its a key pathway to europe and asia, but by late thursday the airspace over eastern ukraine was empty. for more on this investigation i want to bring in greg feith, a former ntsb investigator and former airline captain haeger and safety expert john cox and nbcs long-time aviation correspondent, bob haeger. hello to all of you. greg, i want to sta...