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The islands and the list of participating countries is growing. beijing says chinese ships and planes are on the way. the search has been hampered thus far by what may be the factor of the apparent demise of flight 8501. my colleague is at the airport in surabaya. david. what is being done for the passengers and crew? we just lost our satellite feed with david molco. we're going to get it back but let's move on. like many indonesians, the captain goes by only one name,

Been chosen to be put up in nearby hotels. one thing that i should mention is that in the next few hours, as the sun comes up here on tuesday, the second full day of the search will be critical in the search and rescue mission to try and find that aircraft and see if there are any survivors and certainly those family members are clinging to hope tonight. >> such a tragic situation. david, have investigators alluded to anything being ruled out? i know they haven't reached any conclusions about where the flight is or what may have happened to it. is there anything that they said that that is not...

Lots of different jurisdictions. it's custom for turf warfare as well. the geography definitely adds to the problem. >> david, what about about these two other different types of planes? how different are they in size and tracking equipment and anything else that might be significant? >> well, the aircraft is under the same type of certificates so as far as the pilot flying on the inside is very similar. it's designed to be that way. if you look at the photographs, you can see the antennas, the one in the back, this aircraft doesn't appear to me to have the satcom installed and that's what we ...

Official, the government of indonesia has formally requested that the government ask that the u.s. help in the search for missing flight 8501. they are still working through the details and the process but the official request has come in. david, let me turn back to you. i keep hearing that the pitot tube might have been iced over. this is a tube that provides air speed information. don't these aircraft have anti-icing equipment? >> yes, they do. as a matter of fact, in the air france 447, the dash-1 pitot tube was installed on that aircraft and it was recommended that they be replaced with th...