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Company this year. a flight traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing is still missing and was caring 239 passengers and crew. and then there's mh-17 that was shot down over ukraine this summer. more heartache for families who just want to know what happened to their loved ones. >> that was katy tur where flight 8501 was scheduled to land singapore. joining me is michael kay here in the studio foreign affairs correspondent and former helicopter pilot in the air force. i welcome all of you. greg i'll reach out to you first. what kind of information are investigators looking for that will give us a...

It's an airasia a-320, flight qz8501. officials say that pilots asked to change paths in the middle of the flight. they asked to go to 38,000 feet to avoid some weather. and there was, indeed a line of thunderstorms in the area. that is the last they heard of that plane before it went off radar. now, it was supposed to land here at 8:30 in the morning at singapore airport. we saw a few family members and friends looking for answers. a lot of them have flown to surabaya airport. so far, though not that much information and still no sign of that plane. they will resume searching, though, tomorro...

Local time indonesia air traffic controllers lost contact with that plane at 7:24 a.m. flight was scheduled to land in singapore an hour later at 8:30 a.m. local time. airasia is a regional low cost carrier with presence in several southeast asian countries. joining me now, former ntsb investigat investigator. greg joins me on the phone. let's talk about possibilities here based on what we know and the fact the pilot asked for a deviation from the flight plan due to weather. you know what? i'm just getting word that greg has just dropped out. we'll try to hook back up with him in the control b...

Nationals on board the plane and indonesia is leading the search. dozens are relatives are at the airports hoping for any sort of information but it will be a while since the search isn't going to start again for another several hours. >> heartbreaking given the fact there are 16 children and one infant. no word of americans so far, what we're hearing. thank you very much. we're bringing in the experts to help us sort through the details of this story as they are coming in. joining me from denver former ntsb investigator greg fife and former pilot for u.s. airways and here in new york, micha...

Be done other than gathering all of the background information on this flight and this flight crew. >> greg, can the u.s. provide any additional assistance in this situation? >> right now the ntsb and faa are on stand by. they need a letter of request from the indonesians to participate in this investigation. it's not a u.s.-built aircraft. it is a malaysian carrier so the ntsb and faa stand ready to assist if that's required. the indonesians -- i worked over there. i set up their national transportation safety committee, and in working with them they have an mou with the australians. they do ...