CNN Wolf January 2, 2015 18:49:00
Like airasia upwards several thousand feet? and we've learned from the mode s data that was provided by the sydney morning herald that that's what it appears to have done. is this weather lifting the plane or would this be the pilot lifting the plane? >> well if you remember the pilot did request a deviation from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet. but let's discuss the dynamics of what they may have encountered here. this is monsoon season. we have these thunderstorm clusters perhaps a pilot was looking to get into some calmer air, although the tops of the thunderstorms were running 50 to 53,000 feet...
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