cnn s suzanne malveaux has the latest on this. they don t know where this one big chunk of the plane is but they found something from the main cabin? they did, what appears to be a panel within the plane. it is now 4:00 in the morning there as daybreak comes, they ll start searching again for bodies and debris. it s a race against time now because searchers are desperately in need of a break in this bad weather. day six of the search for airasia 8501 and only 30 bodies have been recovered of the 162 people on board. and from the plane, just a few pieces of debris. today indonesian officials recovered this one resembling a window panel. the biggest obstacle searchers say, is the treacherous weather. translator: the main obstacle was the height of the waves and the strong current. it was enough to stop us from continuing the search. reporter: high winds threaten
angle of attack. the plane loses lift and can plummet. the reason the airplane flies is because you have high pressure underneath and low pressure on top. if this is the nose of the airplane and this is the relative wind the steeper the angle of tack occurs the more likely you ll get a stall. in the case of qz8501 already a possible critical piece of information. air traffic control data showing the ac 320 descending shortly before disappearing from radar. it seems an attempt is made, at least that s the evidence so far, not verified with data he was avoiding weather by going up. that s not something we normally like to do. we normally go left or right. as for 8501 air flans flight in 2009 was flying from rio to paris in a powerful storm. ice formed on the tubes that
begin to take the first steps, about 25 seconds before i made the mayday call first we had to establish roles and responsibilities and begin following our protocol, then get to the communications. that was not the first thing that we did. captain sully sullenberger on the differences in his landing on the hudson river and what may have occurred with flight 8501. to find out what services are available for those coping with air disasters such as crash of airasia flight 8501 you can go to cnn.com/impact. and still ahead, our panel of experts will answer your questions about the crash of airasia flight 8501 and later, some politics. jeb bush takes another important step toward clearing the way for a presidential run. we ll talk about what happens if he jumps into the race.
tomorrow night, the clouds go away here s tomorrow morning, the next morning, clouds and the rain comes back in. what hasn t gone away the entire time have been the winds. the winds with these waves, ten, 12 feet high even right now, 25 miles per hour tomorrow up to 35 miles per j6bhour. and then 25 miles per hour again. so this is the weather that they are dealing with and they have white caps on top of high waves and looking for white pieces of an airplane and it just makes things completely impossible out there. if you can t get air assets in because the clouds are so low or rain is too heavy, that really limits your visibility. 35 mile per hour winds, wow, they are definitely dealing with tough conditions there. chad thank you so much keeping an eye on that. still ahead, captain sully sulenburger compares the conditions he faced landing on the hudson river with the conditions faced by the pilot of airasia 8501. next what s happening at the hospital where those that were killed
altitude but were denied because there were other planes in the area. that was the last time air traffic control heard from airasia 8501. two things could put them into a steep climb; one, the pilots could have done that, or two there could have been a sudden updraft of violent wind. in this case the pilots were very experienced but, again, we ll have to wait on the two black boxes to get those answers. everybody hoping that the weather will get better so they can do that. right now they have 19 ships four helicopters five planes all ready to go out as part of this search and we can tell you also that all those grief-stricken family members still waiting in western indonesia hoping to get some answers. leland? leland: certainly hoping for answers, and it s also monsoon season out there making it all the more difficult as the weather with continues to deteriorate. will carr live in our west coast newsroom thanks will. heather: protests taking a violent turn in st. louis not