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Pilot is asked to fly above a storm, to raise their altitude. how high does a plane need to go to avoid storms like this? >> in that region of the world, that particular plane cannot top a thunderstorm. those thunderstorms are going in excess of 55,000 feet with those temperatures and the upward lifting development, that plane isnt even certified to fly that high. the other thing is when the plane continues to climb, the performance envelope of the plane reduces. its limited on bank angle. you j...

Before it fell 30,000 some feet flight 8501 was apparently climbing. thats what a source tells reuters saying specifically the jet made an unbelievably steep climb nicole politzi source came to this conclusion after apparently seeing radar data from the plane and heres more of what this source told reuters and i quote, so far the numbers taken by the radar are unbelievably high. this rate of climb is very high too high. it appears to be beyond the performance envelope of the aircraft. now cnn ha...

Knowing his skills were topnotch, he focused on fixing the design of his boat instead. >> i look around, what do i want to do? the first thing i did was design a new boat with my design partner david knight. >> since that day hes remained one of americas top contenders. >> mr. eric jackson, dropping into the hole. this is the current world freestyle kayak champion. >> and a bold entrepreneur. >> you are familiar with the changes we have made. >> designing the high-tech kayak necessary for his br...

>> i look around, what do i want to do? the first thing i did was design a new boat with my design partner david knight. >> since that day hes remained one of the top contenders. >> eric jackson dropping into the hole. this is the current world freestyle kayak champion. >> and a bold entrepreneur. >> you are familiar with the changes we have made. >> designing the high-tech kayak necessary for his brand of rodeo kayaking. >> they are half as long as they were 15 years ago. the shapes are dramati...