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Air speed was deteriorating and they didn't respond properly to save that air speed. you know, they got to keep that air flowing over the wings including if they have to dive to keep the air speed going, same thing on west caribbean 708. there they encountered thunderstorms at cruising altitude as this one was and at very high altitude, they can't climb out of it. they're already at operational ceiling in some cases on the plane. the planes don't go much over 40,000 feet unless you have a special permission. so they couldn't climb out of it. but there also cited the pilots failing to realize t...

Seemed to be a little low compared to others in the area. on air france case 447 they didn't realize that their air speepd was deteriorating and literally spiraling or diving down and they lost that plane and then west caribbean 708 that was about eight years ago they were in icing conditions at cruise altitude and didn't deploy all the icing equipment. >> i want to bring back in alastair who is a pilot and has flown this route in indonesia. let's pick up on what mary was talking about most of the time it's pilot error. what's your experience specifically with what we were talking about before...

Corridor. the pilots are experienced flying through that. we're often told turbulence doesn't bring planes down. what would it take for weather to put a plane like this in danger? >> well for weather to put a plane like this in danger usually what happens in the accidents i've worked is several things have happened in addition to the weather. there's been very bad weather and then the weather did something to the plane, caused some kind of a malfunction like on 447, the pitot tubes iced over. on 708, there was a problem with the engines and the pilots thought it was a dual engine flameout. the...

Sheriff's office. the deputies found two deceased women and one deceased man. >> reporter: david e. smith is driving, they believe a 2002 beige mercury sable with a florida license plate tag 708ndb. the sheriff is urging anyone who sees this suspect to consider him armed and dangerous and very mentally unstable. do not approach him but instead dial 911. >> they just believe he has really had a very rough period of years since his military service, and very unstable. he's delusional. he's paranoid. he refers to himself as prince david. they think he's armed. and because of his military experien...

The way as far west as tennessee and texas. his name, david smith. he's got dark hair, dark eyes, police consider him very dangerous and expect him to be armed. he's believed to be driving a 2002 beige mercury sable with a florida tag of 708mdb. investigators say there is a very good chance he has already left the state of florida. investigators say the former military man suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as well. >> he's dangerous. they refer to him as having no friends, that he is a loner. on his facebook he's got, like, four followers, and if that gives you any indication what no...