effects and what looks like part of a food cart. translator: we retrieved during our one-week operation several objects which were mostly parts of the airasia plane. reporter: the main body of the plane and the critical flight recorders still on the sea floor. 16-foot waves and muddy conditions under water mean zero visibility. more than 50 vessels and helicopters an more than 80 deep divers are dedicated to the search. china has sent experts and portable sonar equipment. the uss sampson is helping recover debris while the uss fort worth deployed sonar equipment. we can find things on the sea floor as small as a golf ball. reporter: while the investigation into what caused the crash is under way, another investigation is taking form. should aviation authorities have allowed flight 8501 to take off despite massive thunderstorms?
gone higher you would have had icing problems. they asked to go higher. that request was declined. why was that plane in that situation anyway as you ve mentioned? why not go around this weather condition or go back? is there pressure to go forward? we knew it took off two hours earlier than it was scheduled to. rosemary i have had quite a lot of experience in india, afghanistan and africa and now i m seeing this and lived up in indonesia for ten years, as well. the mind-set of military pilots is a little different than those that grow up in the civil system entirely. military pilot ss want to complete
but she s-you know, she s surviving. that s the silver lining. her family has died but that little girl you re looking there that precious face she survived brooke. breaks your heart. nick valencia thank you so much. two weeks into the search for that missing air asia plane and a long way to go. now divers say they have novice built under the water. we ll talk to a former diver about what they are up against in those conditions out there. breaking news just in. u.s. ski team suffering a major loss today. two young ski racers have been killed in this avalanche. what we re learning about them and how that happened next. and tipped off the house which used all that energy to stay warm through the storm. chipmunk: there s a bad storm comin! narrator: the internet of everything is changing how energy works. is your network ready?
more likely to cause icing f it forms it becomes a problem and creates loss of lift could lead to a stall, can also get into the engine and create difficulties but there is another option as well. he could have done an 180-degree turn and gone back to surabaya so i m wondering what was going on at the time. to be truthful we re speculating a little that the weather actually caused the accident. weather was certainly a contributing factor but there may have been some other catastrophic event that took place at the same time and may even be a coincidence. as you say we re speculating and really don t know but indonesian authorities are thinking weather perhaps played a role but i do want to ask you this if this situation, you mentioned the plane, if it had
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