CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 December 30, 2014
The search for answers. First, how we got here. Sunday in the city of surabaya the flight takes off for singapore with 155 passengers and 7 crew members on board. The flight time is usually a little more than two hours, but indonesian Officials Say at 6 12 a. M. Just 36 minutes into the flight one of the pilots radios air Traffic Control requesting permission to change course and climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather. Heavy thunderstorms are reported in the area at the time. The turn is approved but permission is denied to climb to 38,000 feet due to traffic in the skies. This is the...