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Navy divers down to identify a piece of wreckage that wasn't happening today. it is hampering the search for bodies as you can imagine. one victim the first to be identified today, a woman. she according to airasia was identified through dna, united with her family here and taken back to her village. after a brief ceremony laid to rest, richard. >> kelly, as we look at some fuselage you reported on they're hoping that indeed according to tony fernandez what they have seen might be part of that. what about the distances from where the last radar detection was of the a-320? >> reporter: well the...

Those clouds with heavy rain in it. the other is the structural integrity of the aircraft. the a-320 is an incredibly sound machine. however, of late the faa issued an airworthiness directive requiring mandatory inspections for fuselage cracks which the air worth airworthiness says could affect the structure of the aircraft. it will cause serious problems for that airplane. >> let's jump overseas. joining us live from singapore, katie tur with the latest. do we know outcome of the search and rescue? we're going into nighttime over there. what do we know about the search and rescue efforts?

Type of aircraft into the united states. so they could have their own training standard. i'm not 100% familiar with all the intracancies of their training standard, like minimum time for a co-pilot. we have higher standards here in the united states than they do there. but again, if you look at training, these are two airbus products. the airfrance one and this one. it's a little similar in what happened, but again, this is just speculation that it is too early to tell. so you get the post forensic data. >> colonel, what type of plane is the airbus a-320? there's safety record how long have th...

Of the world, that flight level would be cold enough that icing could be a concern. investigators will have to eventually analyze if icing conditions on the wings came into play along the flight path. as we zoom in, this is the flight and the last known location. you can see the thunderstorms right nearby. obviously weather, if it wasn't the main factor, it was certainly no help along the path of the flight. richard, back to you. >> mark, thank you for that update for us on the weather. here is what we know about the plane. it's an air bus 200 series a-320. delivered in 2008. this plane had 23...

Hearing from associated press that the search and rescue operations aerially have been suspended for now. it's approaching 8:30 local time. it's dark. if there is bad weather in the area they certainly don't want to add to the problems there. aerial operations are suspended at the moment. there are boats in the water being operated by the singapore navy trying to look for the area around which contact was lost. can i ask you about the a-320 in terms of how quickly and easily that plane will be able to maneuver itself? i mean, sharp turns and the like. how fast it can go. what kind of a plane i...