passengers 17 were children and that includes one baby. the ceo of airasia tweeted this short statement -- "thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. we must stay strong." we haven't heard from them in a while. if we get any updates from the airline company itself we'll certainly bring that to you immediately. airasia again released the nationalities of the people on board. i just gave that to you. three from south korea. one from singapore. one from malaysia. and one from france. so we continue on here. joining me by phone is greg waldron. greg is the asia managing editor of "flight global." with what we know greg about this plane and its query to divert to another height flying it wanted to go to 38,000 feet. there was a thunderstorm at 52,000 feet. what else are you learning about what was going on in the air in