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Dispatchers who make that call. is that a problem that this was going on? >> lets talk about how its done in the u.s. and europe first of all. any time you push back from a gate both your captain and a licensed dispatcher have signed off on that flight. and each can veto whether that flight occurs based on weather or any number of issues which might be in play. but certainly weather is the big one and each of them would study the weather, come to their own conclusion as to the best routing, whet...

Albend. and alistair rosenshine on the phone. alistair you first. what do you make of this that there was improper permission of flying this route for that day. >> i think it is a peripheral issue at this point. the fact they were in violation of this particular marketing agreement is not indicative of what caused the -- you know, the accident the crash, necessarily. they were cleared appropriately by air traffic control to fly the specific routing between way points. air traffic control made ro...

Smiles vanish replaced by a sense of usual againcy cy-- urgency and finality. her parents say they made preparations for her burial. >> translator: good-bye. good-bye nissa. >> reporter: ana, nissas parents told me they found out the news their parents were on the plane on the way to a wedding. a friend called me and said tell me what route niss was flying today. her mother said she used to call her every day before she took a flight and tell her what routing she was flying. she did not believe ...

Point of view so i think what hes doing is the right thing. its never -- its the most difficult possible situation to be in for a ceo or a leader in any airline, but hes doing it about as well as ive ever seen it done. >> he seems to be pushing people towards the theory that weather really is to blame. he even brought up climate change and said maybe climate change has made it too difficult to fly in tropical climates. why would he say something like that? >> you know i think that weather is mos...

So were going to help narrow this down much more than malaysia flight 370 that weve been drawing some parallels with. but, you know its still, as you mentioned earlier, its still a vast area. >> this is a captain with 20,500 hours. hes flying into some messy weather, obviously, but hes an experienced man. what is going through your mind and what resources do you call possible when you see that on the radar? >> well, i mean you start this process before you even leave your operations center at th...

Thunderstorms, which is not an unusual circumstance there. they requested a change in altitude and potentially a change in routing. this is a normal course of events. its beyond that whatever occurred probably occurred quickly as they did not make any additional calls or statements to air traffic control. and i think that the steps that the malaysian government and the singaporean government are taking are the create and prudent once. in the is a well proven airplane. i flew it for six years. i ...

There can be all -- its not that unusual. i mean, obviously there is a logical way for getting from a to b. but as youre going along the way you may go one way versus the other. mary was saying quite properly, if there is some reason why he would want this, the pilot would want this different routing, one might expect him to say to air traffic control, ive lost an engine, im having difficulty with this, theres bad weather ahead, ive got fuel problems, whatever it might be. you would expect him t...

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...

Stick around so we can come back to you to continue this conversation as more details come in to us. mary, we thank you. we turn now to richard quest, cnns aviation correspondent, who joins us on the phone. richard, its hard to believe that the year is not out yet, were talking about another missing aircraft. we dont know the details here, but an airasia flight has lost contact with air traffic controllers. what jumps out at you right now? >> well, what will jump out at me, aisha, is first of al...

320 is for the low-cost carriers like asia. it has exceptional fuel efficiency. theres a new version coming out. all in all it carries about 180, 183 passengers, depending on the configuration. and what we have here of course is airasia indonesia running it in its maximum configuration. >> richard, many of our viewers who are just joining us may seize on these reports were getting that the pilot reportedly requested a route change, an unusual route change. how common, how unusual i should say is...