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They know about new orleans so thats where we went. when the storm slightly missed us and we had a flood there, well, we werent getting any calls out of waveland. there were no phones. >> about 7:00 if i remember right is when the water started coming in. of course we cant evacuate. i think there was 28 of us all together. my name is steven beil and i was an officer with waveland police department during hurricane katrina. i remember one of the officers opening the door and saying, hey, its up t...

Broadcasting. they know about new orleans so thats where we went. when the storm slightly missed us and we had a flood there, well, we werent getting any calls out of waveland. there were no phones. >> about 7:00 if i remember right is when the water started coming in. of course we cant evacuate. i think there was 28 of us all together. my name is steven beil and i was an officer with waveland police department during hurricane katrina. i remember one of the officers opening the door and saying,...

Will be in good condition. the other aspect thats going on now with this investigation is even before those recorders are discovered are located, youre already starting to see discussion about blemishes on the safety procedures used by the government and the airline and some of that came out this weekend and we can discuss them but its clear that if this investigation is done right, you are going to be looking at more than just what the pilots did and what happened inside those storm cells. ther...

All. this comment now that maybe the aircraft is at the bottom of the ocean could be an explanation of that. because you would not hear it if the aircraft was under a couple hundred meters of water. it is still speculation. i think its very important that everybody understands its speculation. and we do not know for certain that this event has been caused by the weather. the weather is undoubtedly a related factor to whatever has happened but its a modern a-320 with very good flight management s...

>> we know that the pilot requested a different altitude flying at 32,000 flight and wanting to go up to 38. will you priced the plane could be cleared to fly through the rough monsoon conditions? its the pilots addition. the pilot requested an altitude change. he was trying to fly over the top of the storm cells, and they were reported to be 50,000. the airbus cannot go nearly that high. more often pilots will deviate to the left or right. he requested -- i think it was denied as i understand b...

Done make me an apprentice. im a fully fledge pilot. its a team effort and a joint decision when these things are happening. its rare to turn around and go back or to be grounded out right because of bad weather. normally what happens you deviate, go above or around storm cells if necessary. i cant imagine that this crew intentionally flew into a thunderstorm. as les can attest thats about the biggest no-no that exists in commercial aviation. you dont fly into what would be a big red blob on the...

Take off at all? >> theres a lot of decisions made about any flight. the thing about thunderstorms, you take off and conditions may be different from 40 minutes later when they encountered the storm. its not uncommon to take off with a line of thunderstorms ahead of you and make a real time decision based on what you see with your eye balls and weather radar. it happens every day. you may have been in planes where you deviate around storms. youve got to clear 20 nautical miles. you dont fly thro...

The night as well. they build up to the major storm cells can build up to 55,000 or 60,000 feet. it gives you some idea of the extent of the clouds. the vertical winds in the clouds are quite violent. they can reach speeds of over 100 miles an hour vertically. when the aircraft is traveling horizontal through this you get buckling. there is icing, hail heavy water. in fact there have been occasions that clouds have extinguished the engines. they are effectively jet engines burning fuel in an air...

Computerized systems so that information wasnt found out until two years after the event. it took a long time to find the flight data recorder cockpit voice recorders, wreckage was found within a couple weeks but it took a couple years to find those because of the depths of the ocean. the java sea is much shallower than the search locations for air france 449 where we ended up with malaysia 370. thats a positive when it comes to this search and rescue operation. >> you have logged thousands of h...

Tell us what its like. >> quite often its smooth and fair conditions. other times you have the thunderstorms. its very much pot luck whether youre going to end up with bad weather on your route. there are thunderstorms usually in the area. its a tropical location. its a situation of picking around them and avoiding the worst of the weather. looking at radar slots that you had shown on your program, it appears that there wasnt really much room for maneuver in the sense the weather was really part...