CNN The Hunt With John Walsh December 28, 2014 07:12:00
But as flyers we all hear our pilots telling us that they know there's turbulence up ahead because other airplanes are reporting these situations. are they talking with one another? are they getting this information from ground control? >> i don't know what kind of weather radar they have over the java sea. derek is talking about satellite radar, and generally speaking that is not on board most airliners. the picture, the 360 degree picture that derek was describing is typically not something pilots have. there are subscription services, they may have had access to it. but even that is probabl...