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And they have to talk about weather because weather is so often a factor. look at the flight path of this plane as it took off and flew less than an hour and look at the weather system it was flying through as it went missing there. tremendous, horrible storms under way. why could that make such a difference? let's blow it up and look at it closer. if you think about this plane flying through a storm system a big storm system out here one of the first things many people ask about is lightning. could lightning have brought this plane down? there is plenty of lightning going on in the area. is t...

And the airbus certainly the airbus 340 did this in airfrance. the plane tried to save itself it's programmed to shut dpoun other systems and ensure the most vital systems to keep the plane flying. it's possible it was doing that here we don't know but the different times on systems failing to me might be significant. >> all right. mary jeff, i appreciate it. thank you very very much. this also just in we are getting word that right now the airport briefing of the families has been happening, that it has ended. it was behind closed doors. we're going to bring you the details next this is cnn's...

If he had flown into that storm, it could have been a very very difficult situation. it could -- i talked to air pilots and experts on the ground here -- and they tell you that plane flying into a heavy storm could have catastrophic consequences. the emergency transmitter has not been setoff. the beacon that is not pinning if there is a hard landing on the plane. that has not been heard of in the 30 hours since the plane went missing. a lot of questions why that is not triggered. >> if that was on land or surface of the ocean, you would expect to hear that by now. that is why reason they feel ...

Plane flying here, if that happens and you don't know how fast you're going, which they did not know in the air france crash, the pilot, who is chiefly in charge up here he kept trying to pull the nose of the plane up saying well i've got to get back in the air. i'm losing ground here and i've got to raise this plane up. obama when they were way too close to the water did the other pilot say, no no no you need to point that nose down to get control of the plane again. and by then it was too late. that is a mistake that can be made if they don't know how fast they are going and they are essenti...

Plane flying through. airasia has no history of crashes but what else should we know about the airline? obviously, a lot of us are going to be flying on a320s here in the united states so are these airplanes safe? >> we'll bring in mike boyd. thank you so much for joining us on "fox & friends." >> as rick mentioned it's monsoon season. we saw the radar there and the satellite image. it doesn't look good but these pilots are trained to fly through some pretty nasty weather. what did you make of this news this morning? >> well, it's what happened. airplanes have been torn apart the sky. it's a -...