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Emergency water handling of a u.s. air jet in new york with 155 passengers and crew on board. all survived. the captain of the airasia plane likely had about the same skill set based on his experience according to commercial pilot and author. >> captain sullenberger would say he would have been just as xenl to perform the miracle on the hudson. >> what we don't sng what happened in the cockpit before the plane went off radar. the includes include the prengs of bad weather in the area and the request to increase altitude radioed to air traffic control which was denied because of additional air ...

And a commercial pilot himself. and i bring back the director of the special events. they have a record of finding lost planes. les, i bring you in first. we look at the 55,000 feet high thunder clouds. you've flown through weather like that. how difficult is it? is it safe? >> let me qualify. i have not flown through weather like. that i avoid weather like that. and it is incumbent upon that to give it a wide berth the best we can. sometime we get in a situation where this developing weather is so dynamic that we may have to skirt closer than we would like to and it might cause an uncomfortab...

Cockpit in the early dawn hours as this plane was, the sun is coming up and there are severe thunderstorms? how difficult? >> well first of all thanks for having me. it is your job to not fly into one of those thunderstorms. at that time of day, you have some visual cues. you're using your radar. you're using all the tools in your arsenal but you are avoiding. i think that's what i suspect they were trying to do. to avoid flying into that kind of weather. >> if you can't avoid it we know in this circumstance the pilot had asking to go to a higher altitude. it was too heavy. he might have taken...

Is the pilot given the ability to make the decision to stay safe? >> that's your primary responsibility. you are there to keep it safe. everything else is secondary. you are doing everything within your judgment and your skill set to protect the people keep the air may not safe and get safely to your destination or go someplace else if you have to. there are a lot of tool. you investigated losses of planes like this. great to have you on. coming up the air bus a-320. a plane that millions of americans fly on every year. how safe is it? we'll have a report. plus passengers freezing on deck whil...

Includes the a-318, 319, and 321, all similar in arrange and control. air bus says every 2.5 seconds, a may not from one of its family is taking off or handling somewhere in the world. the missing plane designated qz-8501 was delivered to airasia in october 2008. since then the airline says it has taken off some 13,600 times, logging approximately 23,000 hours in the air. airasia 8501 was carrying more than 18,000 pounds of fuel when it departed enough for about three and a half hours of flight. shortly before disappearing, the pilot asked air traffic control if he could ascend to 38,000 feet....