CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS December 28, 2014 15:32:00
Pilots requested to climb to 38,000 feet because of bad weather, what does that tell you about the conditions this plane was flying in. >> because of their on board radar, most likely looking at the radar that's been put out since this flight it was just a red sea of thunderstorms, thunderstorms appearing red on the radar, so by can be to deviate around and then climb, it was clear that the plane was facing some pretty desperate weather and they were trying to get out of it. that will be part of the investigation, they will look at the pilot's response to that weather and many things could hav...
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