its 162 passengers is now at the bottom of the sea. we are bringing you live team coverage on the latest into the investigation. the search and what went wrong. they say early conjecture is that plane is missing in the ocean. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. monday 5:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with airasia flight 8501. from asia to singapore disappeared with 162 people on board. the early conjecture, the suspicion is the plane crashed into the java sea. there seems to be no hard evidence of that yet. ships, planes helicopters have been combing the waters. so far, no sign of the plane or any wreckage. it is not known for sure if bad weather was a factor but the pilot requested a higher