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Lost contact with air controllers over java sea. dense storm clouds blanketed the area at the time of the disappearance. air searches are suspended until daylight, about four hours away there, but ships are still combing the area. meanwhile relatives of the 162 people on board are awaiting any word. live in honolulu where president obama is on vacation is being believed on the situation. dan? >> reporter: that's right, doug. shortly after that airasia flight disappeared, the white house issued a statement saying basically the president has been briefed and he's monitoring the situation. as f...

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These planes accurate enough? >> yes, it is. this plane was also last serviced on november 16. so everything had been checked. everything was working. this part of the world is quite a modern plane, a very good, safe plane. air asia has a very good safety record. this is the first plane they've lost. everything seemed to be perfectly normal. >> all right, terry, live from malaysia malaysia, thank you very much for updating us. eric? >> well as you noticed, there were dense storm clouds in the area where the flight disappeared. thunderstorms totalled 50,000 feet. that's far above the operationa...

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