CNN The Situation Room December 29, 2014 22:08:00
Rene marsh thank you so much. we know the crew reported bad weather and requested a change of altitude just before the plane disappeared. cnn meteorologist chad myers is taking a closer look at how the weather might have factored into this. chad what was going on when this plane vanished? >> we were still before sunrise. we were still as the plane took off in pretty good shape. but unlike storms in america, that pop-up in the heat of the day, the storms along the equator, actually can get stronger in the morning. the air separates, the air and the jet stream separate. so these storms can go up...
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