Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181029:13:15:00
Apparently they need a repair the night before the flight but it was a repair they were able to do very quickly. the plane passed all the preflight inspections. maintenance crews gave it the green light. it was only in the air, though, for 13 minutes. a few miles into the flight, really, that the pilot called air traffic control in jakarta and said they wanted to turn around and go back. that didn't happen. the plane dropped very quickly to 3,000 before it disappeared from radar screens all together. flight crew was experienced with more than 11,000 hours of flight time. weather conditions, sc...