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Did make five other trips prior to this the incident and obviously made those trips without any issues. but this is the workhorse that you're looking at here. it is -- it has lots of wrecks we're talking about the a-320, according to airbus listen to this that every two seconds an a-320 either takes off or lands somewhere in the world every single day, so that gives you a little context on just how much this aircraft is used. as far as airbus is concerned, we have a statement coming to us this morning, it reads in part airbus regets torets to confirm that an airbus 320 lost contact with air tr...

Singapore for the new year holiday, let's go to richard quest, he is cnn's aviation correspondent, joining us via skype, what can you tell us about the pilot, about his amount of experience flying this aircraft and about the safety record of the aircraft? >> reporter: the pilot had six hours of flying experience the other pilot had 2,000 hours. certainly not inexperienced, quite often you'll see captains in the left hand seat going to 12,000 the, 14,000 15,000 hours of experience. so i would say you had a bhod rat moderately experienced crew but not terribly experienceded. the a-320, if you ta...

Way the airplane impacted the water, if it did, to see whether -- >> they could be knocked out in really rough water, really rough seas? >> it's possible but they are made to withstand pretty rough, rough seas and so on. by the way, the a-320, it's my understanding, is the same type of aircraft that sully sullenberger landed on the hudson however, we have night and day conditions. >> yeah. that is the case right, les? >> a-320s. >> it absolutely is. >> all right. more questions, more of your questions answered by our expert panel after a quick break right here. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪...

Kae carrier in the region. >> and richard, this aircraft, airbus -- the airbus 320, again, this is a workhorse -- it's called the workhorse of the skies. it is one with a remarkable safety record. am i right? >> oh, yes. if you look at the incidents that have taken place with the a-320, and there have been -- i mean, it's inevitable there will be a number of incidents. this is a plane that just about -- i can't think of any -- i'm sure somebody will correct me, but any european carrier that doesn't have a-318, 19, 20s, or 21s. it's all part of the same family. it's a short haul twin-jet aircra...

Noted over. >> something not being handled. it brings to mind the france crash. again, not speculating if that's what happened but would bring more comfort if perhaps there were some crew error involved rather than something to do with the aircraft itself. the a-320, an excellent operating record over the years. >> an airline has 200 of these. you are talking about an airline almost say, the size of oh jetblue in the u.s. and that kind of airline that a lot of leisure travellers including u.s. oh, backpackers and other people in seize asia when they go there, they do rely on the airline, an ai...