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Billions and billions to one as far as probability, but again, it's not something we can just discard and say, oh, well, we don't think it's going to happen so therefore we don't need to do anything about it. it's something that still needs to be assessed. >> reporter: so, we've now learned that within eight minutes of that north korean launch last friday, the japanese government did warn airlines and ships in the area about it all. the air france flight continued on its way. it was well past the impact zone when it got the message, but it is now leading to some discussion about whether some a...

Missiles, issue a notice to airmen, to mariners, follow the standard international protocol so aircraft and shipping in these areas know that something might be happening. this is one of the standard practi practices. this is what the u.s. and other nations do when they have missile tests. they have restricted areas and they tell everybody to stay away. this area just 80 miles off the coast of japan is very heavily trafficked with both air and shipping traffic. it's a busy commercial area. nobody expects military activity in this area. after this happened, air france actually issuing a stateme...

Everyone. air france saying, "north korea's missile test zones do not interfere in any way with air france flight paths. we constantly analyze potentially dangerous flyover zones and adapt our flight plans accordingly." so, you know, while you always see hundreds of flights in that -- in those commercial software packages airborne at any time, the aviation industry tries to assess where the threat areas are and not fly near them. north korea posing some new challenges in making that analysis and a quick hat tip to our friends and colleagues at abc news. they were the first to report this, that...

Very aggressive missile testing program, they're firing into areas where it is very heavily trafficked with both commercial air traffic and commercial shipping. off the coast the japan, that is a very busy, area. when the north koreans, as you just pointed out, do not follow internation international protocols. that is what the big concern is here. right now. this latest case actually leading the air france to take a very unusual step and ish a you a public statement about what happened to reassure people air france saying, let me quote. north korea's missile test zones do not interfere with a...

Of this island, landing in the water near the spot the air france plane had just flown. >> the crew of the plane had no idea they were in danger. because the missile was coming in from outer space. if it had broken up in the air prior, it could have been danger to a much broader area. >> reporter: major airlines say they constantly analyze potentially dangerous flyover zones, and air france says the flight was operated without incident, but the pentagon has said north korea's missile launches into busy air space and heavily traveled seas are done with no coordination. >> and martha raddatz joi...