there tracking developments. we just heard news about the families will be taken via plane to the search area. in that press conference, what was said? what did you hear? reporter: yeah, that s right, robin. this is a request, actually, from the families of the passengers. they want to go across the search zone because they want to pray. and they want to pray because they think that will help find some sort of resolution on what is still a mystery on where this plane is. they have made it quite chelearo airasia that they want this flight to happen. and airasia said absolutely. they will be on an airbus 320, the same type of plane that has disappeared. there should be room for 160-plus passengers on that. they have also invited some media on that flight as well. but that s about all the details we have at the moment. but certainly, airasia and authorities here have been doing
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come back alive. he was a veteran of the skies with more than 20,000 flying hours, of which 61 ho00 hours o the airbus. more hours than chesley sullenberger who executed the landing on the hudson. the captain of the airasia likely had about the same skill set based on his experience based on an author. he would have been just as competent to perform the miracle on the hudson. reporter: what we don t know is what happened in the cockpit before the plane went off radar. the potential clues include the presence of bad weather in the area and the request to increase altitude, which was denied because of additional air traffic close by. what the captain may have done with that information is still an open question. for example, whether the pilot may have tried to disregard the
in. so they have the luxury of searching a larger area as well. airasia has a good safety record, but the industry as a whole does not. given what has happened in southeast asia over the last 12 months, will aviation authorities again be taking a closer look at airlines from this part of the world? especially given the massive growth of air travel in this part of the world? interestingly, the situation in indonesia is getting better. we had really, two bad crashes in 2005, 2007. and there s been a few other crashes but nothing on the scale that you re seeing today. this is the second-worst air disaster. the other one, over 200 people were killed there. so i think the safety record of indonesia is getting better. but the real challenge for them
around. poppy harlow has a look at how he s handling this case so far. reporter: tony fernandes is living the moment every airline executive dreads. airasia ceo since 2001, he treated more than a dozen times in the hours following the plane s disappearance. this is my worse nightmare. we will go through this terrible ordeal together. our concern right now is for the relatives and next of ken. reporter: the approach of airasia thus far stands in stark contrast to malaysia airlines after mh 370 disappeared. it is a boeing triple 7 wide body jet. all affected passengers and crew and their family members. reporter: but malaysia airlines didn t tell families that flight 370 was missing until after it was supposed to