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Thank you so much renae. >> i want to bring in greg now. he joins me now by phone. he's the asia managing editor of flight global. greg, good to have you with us owe at this time as we try and make sense of this situation. again, it has been confirmed by the airline that the aircraft requested a flight deviation because of weather. talk to me about what you are making of what we know so far. >> well, it seems to be pretty clo clear that the guys wanted to make a routine maneuver around the storm siftystem that was he or probably still existing there right now as a matter of fact. these maneuve...

Did request a flight deviation, a route deviation because of weather. we have been speaking to derek van dam from the international weather center who has made clear that weather conditions were a problem at the time. now you're looking at pictures from singapore now where family members are going through the manifest to find out if their loved ones were on board that aircraft as you can imagine, this is an extremely tense time for all of these people. given the time of year. this is of course the holiday season. the new year is around the corner. you see this woman here on your screen is clea...