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And more difficult. there have been calls, there is a chance that some people may have to jump in the water in order to be rescued. but obviously, we're hoping that we won't get toe that point. the greek prime minister is in contact with his italian counterparts. it's being monitored by both countries. it is a joint operation. there are a number of people very close to the ship. it seems to be very difficult to get the people out for the time being. >> we understand the complexities and the weather being a situation. what a nightmare for the people that are stuck on a ferrinay nathat is still ...

Several hours. you were saying the one thing that people went through that was so hard to take with the investigation with mh 370 was transparency and communication and openness. >> reporter: and certainly, natalie, in the initial hours, when a plane goes missing, and there aren't a lot of answers, it does take a while for any organization to get their emergency teams in place, get their information, the means to deliver the information to the families. so there are going to be delays in the initial hours. but what families here in beijing, the families of more than 150 passenger, the majority...

Center indicating a very active weather pattern. if there is a search and recovery effort going forward, aircraft around that area need to be careful of similar weather patterns and also the rough sea on the ocean because of the waves that have formed. >> we have a reporter on a ship right now headed to search and certainly, there are two c-130s right now. they are built to sometimes fly into hurricanes aren't they. but commercial aircraft never into a thunderstorm. >> that's right. they try to divert it at all costs. >> thank you for bringing us the latest on the weather situation that they w...

All contact was lost with the airplane. most of that plane's flight path took it over open water. and if you're looking at the map here that green country, where you see the plane was, not really over but from the perspective of the map, it looks like it. that's malaysia. of so this is the region that has seen two air disasters in this past year. that right there shows where this plane was when air traffic control lost contact with the airplane over the java sea. we know that there are c-130s there, ships in that region. this is a very busy transit area of the sea, very busy with maritime traf...

Absolutely. and as we said the ceo of airasia's on his way right now to surabaya. and perhaps when he gets there we will get more information from the leadership of the airline. will ripley we thank you from beijing for us. we've been talking to many aviation experts for several hours. we've been on the air just a little over five hours now, just talking about what we do know with it this flight and what it was dealing with when we last heard from the pilots. julian bray is an aviation expert based in the united kingdom. he joins me by phone from peter borough, and we thank you, julian for add...