because there was very turbulent weather across that region at the last point of contact for air asia flight 8501. what we're looking at here is the flight radar 24 website. the moment where it lost contact is when you start to see that separated line. i want you to take note of the altitude that it was at the last point of contact, 32,000 feet. now there have been reports that the pilot asked to divert around some rough weather, ascend to 38,000 feet and try to avoid the thunder storms that were in the region at that time. however, tlb thuhere are thunde storms in that area that are clearly topping 52,000 feet in the atmosphere. so what we're talking about here is the possibility of ice particles impacting some of the