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Pilot is asked to fly above a storm, to raise their altitude. how high does a plane need to go to avoid storms like this? >> in that region of the world, that particular plane cannot top a thunderstorm. those thunderstorms are going in excess of 55,000 feet with those temperatures and the upward lifting development, that plane isn't even certified to fly that high. the other thing is when the plane continues to climb, the performance envelope of the plane reduces. it's limited on bank angle. you just don't have the controllability at those altitudes that you would at lower altitudes. in additi...

Before it fell 30,000 some feet flight 8501 was apparently climbing. that's what a source tells reuters saying specifically the jet made an unbelievably steep climb nicole politzi source came to this conclusion after apparently seeing radar data from the plane and here's more of what this source told reuters and i quote, so far the numbers taken by the radar are unbelievably high. this rate of climb is very high too high. it appears to be beyond the performance envelope of the aircraft. now cnn has not been able to independently verify this report but with me now to discuss is the author of "w...

Knowing his skills were topnotch, he focused on fixing the design of his boat instead. >> i look around, what do i want to do? the first thing i did was design a new boat with my design partner david knight. >> since that day he's remained one of america's top contenders. >> mr. eric jackson, dropping into the hole. this is the current world freestyle kayak champion. >> and a bold entrepreneur. >> you are familiar with the changes we have made. >> designing the high-tech kayak necessary for his brand of rodeo kayaking. >> they are half as long as they were 15 years ago. the shapes are dramatic...

>> i look around, what do i want to do? the first thing i did was design a new boat with my design partner david knight. >> since that day he's remained one of the top contenders. >> eric jackson dropping into the hole. this is the current world freestyle kayak champion. >> and a bold entrepreneur. >> you are familiar with the changes we have made. >> designing the high-tech kayak necessary for his brand of rodeo kayaking. >> they are half as long as they were 15 years ago. the shapes are dramatic different and consequently the things we can do in them is different than it used to be. where yo...