the weather. that was the last that anyone heard from these pilots. now, you and the experts have been telling us all morning, whether it s rarely the cause of an airplane disaster but still you would have to think that the weather here based on what we have heard and what we know is a contributing factor. right. well weather is a contributing factor in a great many of aircraft cases, i mean in older days i mean in the 60s and 70s, weather was a huge factor. what s happened in developed countries, the united states and western europe most of asia is you have so many other things on board radar, in-house meteorological departments. you kind of avoid that weather. even in the united states we had cases crashes have been caused flying into level 6 thunderstorms and making wrong decisions. weather contributes, because of advances in technology at least for most places it has been