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In the many crash investigations that i've worked often there is no mayday or emergency. there just isn't time. sometimes it's because pilots don't realize just how much trouble they're really in and times it's because something goes wrong mechanically and they're fighting to save the plane. but i can tell you over the years in all the voice recordings i have heard, the pilots are fighting to the end. so i'm going to assume here until i hear otherwise that that's what they were doing here they were fighting to save the plane and their passengers and were too busy to call air control. >> that w...

Cause that to happen. in a climb, you would have the nose of the aircraft raised slightly above the horizon and increase power in order to climb. the air bus has auto flight systems, very sophisticated air control. unless the pilots choose to disengage or it was faulty t aircraft would fly at the correct speed and avoid entering a stall. that's what i can say in general terms. >> is it possible for the plane to go into a stall then? is that what you're saying? >> not at all. the aircraft can go into a stall in the event of really severe weather with sudden changes of updrafts and down drafts o...

We've seen in the area were going to continue. there's still the potential for some rain and visibility being objective there, but we do know from those officials going and looking at these areas that conditions are better. but they simply say, we don't know where we're supposed to be looking. this is what one man was telling me this one official saying that they hope they can narrow it down at some point. we heard from the search and rescue agency who also said it wasn't a very broad search location. so of course the question is now a race against time to try and narrow down the search locati...

Contact with air control. we know the flight path should have been less than two hours in indonesia to singapore but we do know that it was supposed to land in singapore 8:20 a.m. that's about five hours ago now. of course as time goes on, concerns are increasing for what exactly has happened to that plane. we understand from the news agency, they believe 155 people were onboard. it's not clear whether it's just passengers or crew as well. so it could be as many as 162 people onboard. we have got a statement from the air line itself saying it was an air bus 320, 200. they have no further infor...

Route from indonesia to singapore. we are joined live with the latest. >> reporter: yes good morning to you. i'm not surprised that the search has been suspended this time. that whole region has had horrendous weather the last week or so. malaysia has had heavy flooding because of the rains coming in with the monsoon. we understand the plane lost contact with indonesian air control about 12 hours ago now. the airasia flight was on its way to singapore with 162 passengers and crew on board. this flight was an hour into the three-hour journey from singapore when it disapeered from the screens. t...