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Have to literally lower them by winch, and so it slows down how many people, and how to lower them and how much equipment they can bring in and how quickly to move around on the broken rock face where the aircraft impacted but the expectation is now that they have begun to recover some of the bodies, and thaey have been marking the location of others that process should begin to speed up within a few hours. >> all right. thank you, nic robertson, and we appreciate that. back with me patrick smit...

Internet study or whatever else are the best buddy who is in the loop is one thing, but don puts together an elite group of people whose word carries a lot of weight and the best minds on the planet he sticks on the panel, and when the panel speak, and when richard quest says something, it is goes e pel and it is not hearsay and somebody found some information someplace someplace, and it carries weight, and that is what is significant about it and that is why i say we have to be responseible res...

So much. so its been a little more than 24 hours since the plane disappeared and patrick smith is a commercial airline pilot and host of askthepilot.com to shed some insight into this. we have heard about the plane just falling ought of radar how does that happen? >> well, im not even sure exactly what that means or what people are trying to say when they use that expression. in aviation terms, that can mean different things and i dont know how relevant that is. first and foremost, we have to pu...

Presumably because of conflicting traffic. thats also fairly common. but that doesnt mean the plane is going to go flying headlong into a violent storm. the crew is always do what it needs to do to avoid violent weather with or without permission. >> these arent the type of thunderstorms that we typically fly in here, domestically in the united states. as a pilot of a commercial jet here in the united states, if you looked at a satellite radar like this one that were showing you on the screen, w...

It could be days weeks, possibly even months before we learn answers to essential questions about flight 8501 and some may never be answered at all. were following the conversation on twitter. were here to answer at least some of your questions with a couple of our guests who are experts here contributing editor to flying magazine les abend and also with us patrick smith commercial airline pilot and air travel columnist. les, welcome back patrick thanks for joining us. ill start with you, patric...

Conflicting traffic. thats also fairly common. but that doesnt mean the plane is just going to go flying headlong into a violent storm. to the crew can always do what it needs to do to avoid violent weather with or without atc permission. >> this area -- there are often violent thunderstorms. as a pilot of a commercial jet here in the united states, if you looked at a satellite radar like this one that were showing you on the screen, would a plane ever take off in these conditions? >> the actual...

To you. >> all right janice, thank you so much. so its been a little more than 24 hours since the plane disappeared. and patrick smith is the commercial airline pilot and the author of "ask the pilot" and hes here now to shed some insight into all of this. we hear about the radar, the plane just falling off of radar, how does that happen? >> well im not even sure exactly what that means or what people are trying to say when they use that expression in aviation terms, that can mean different thin...

and their loved ones. >> our grandchild was going to singapore for a holiday, but the accident happened. you know its a plane accident i only ask god for a miracle. i hope not only my family will be saved, but everyone on board. >> david piper is live in bangkok tie land with the very latest. so david what is the latest? >> reporter: as you can see, dawn has broken monday morning here in asia, we are 12 hours ahead of new york and as expected, the air search has resumed now, it was sus...

>> we are very surprised and very sad, our grandchild was going to singapore for a holiday, but the accident happened. you know its a plane accident, i only ask god for a miracle. i hope not only my family will be saved, but everyone on board. >> david picher is live in bangkok thailand with the very latest. david, what is the latest? >> reporter: yes, well as you can see, dawn has broken monday morning here in asia we are 12 hours ahead of new york city, and as expected, the air searc...

It caught fire. look at the cockpit the reason that fire spread so quickly is because it was an oxygen-rich environment. everybody got off board that plane okay. but the damage and jet were destroyed. megan? >> eerie to think about that happening flight 370. patrick smith, robert mark, ask corky smith. patrick let me start with you. the main argument against mechanical failure on board this flight seems to be how could a mean fly 5 or 6 hours on auto pilot, across malaysia into the indian sea? >...