something seriously wrong and they were fighting and probably fighting to save the plane. mary, talk about airasia never really experienced a major crash and that this is an airplane that according to records was in good shape. it sounds like this was something that was really weather based, it was the conditions of the plane. was there any indication to you that if it had been a different airline or different aircraft that they could have somehow saved that plane from those thunderstorms from the kind of conditions that they underwent on that flight? going back to air crash investigations and the work of the ntsb and others, you know, most of the time about 75% of the cases even where you have weather problems or aircraft problems, they do find problems with piloting. for example, on air france 447, they had a problem with the plane. but the chief cause of the accident she cited, pilots. the pilots didn t realize the
around the world. and this is a budget carrier that is relatively this is a relatively new thing in asia. opening up air travel to a whole generation of people that can never afford it before. now we have another group of families that have seen their loved ones get on a plane and they won t be coming home. it is because it s not necessarily the region itself, more people are able to avord to travel? this is an airline company that says now everyone can travel. it s rather no frills airline that that s why we are seeing more people are seeing the crashes, simply more people are taking to the skies? yeah. airasia has a tremendous safety record. and they are becoming a major player in this part of the world. they re expanding aggressively here in china. certainly here in china you look
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jet that has been missing now for 11 hours. airasia flight 8501 is carrying 162 people when it left indonesia at a5:30 eastern last night. 45 minutes late he or so the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of the bad weather. minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar. they lost contact at 7:24 eastern. although indonesian authorities say they monitored the yet for another half mour before losing contact. the airus about was due to land at 8:30 eastern last night. they are searching for any trace of this plane. as desperate families, they re agonizing waiting for the news. this hunt comes less than ten months, you might recall, after malaysia airlines flight 370
hours now in the southeast asian sea there, the java sea. that s when contact was lost had with the pilots. airasia flight 8501 was carrying 162 people when it left indonesia bound for singapore. this happened at 5:30 eastern last night. indonesian officials say 45 minutes later the captain asked to climb above 38,000 feet because of bad weather. so minutes later this plane disappeared from radar. now airline officials, they re saying they lost contact at 7:24 eastern. indonesian authorities say they monitored the jet for another half hour before actually losing contact. the air bus 83-22 hundred was due to land at 8:00 eastern last night. now they re combing the sea for any trace of the flight. and the families obviously are desperate for answers.