from plane disasters, with the disaster for example, they were able to find all in so many of the pieces that they could piece it together and see where the initial explosion took place. that will not be possible in this case. so, they will be working with a lot less material, just trying to figure out what went wrong. as you say, we ll not know this for a few days yet or weeks. yeah. the company aiding in this mission, says it has identified objects from the sea floor. depending on what they recover. is it your view, even if there s smaller pieces they ll never be able to recover because of the vastness and you described implosion means with such great force things were scattered. do you believe even if there are significant gaps, what they can piece together, will it give
aviation in nearly a decade. laura ingall is live with the story in our new york city newsroom. laura, what do the numbers show? you have been crunching them. hi, heather. indeed if this airasia flight is confirmed to have gone down killing all on board, it would make this year the worst fors will of life in civil aviation in the last nine years. that is according to the netherlands-based aviation safety network, which koch pairs the death toll of plane disasters in 2005 when 1,111 people were killed in passenger accidents. all aboard the airasia flight perished, it would bring this year s totals will of life in aviation crashes to 924. an eeriely similar scenario happened when mh-370 dropped off the radar that plane lass not been found, as we have been reporting. aviation experts say chances are we will learn whether it played a major role in the airasia case. lieutenant colonel dan hampton, a former fighter jet pilot says it may not be the only fang
the netherlands based aviation safety network which outloans the worst loss of life in civil aviation in nine years temp the stats compare the death tolls of plane disasters in 2005 when 1,014 people were killed in passenger accidents. if all onboard the airasia flight perished it would we this year sed toat loss of life to 924. an eerily similar scenario happened this year when malaysia flight mh370 dropped off the radar that plane has not been found. aviation expert says chances are we ll learn weather played a role in the airasia case, but a lieutenant colonel says may not be the only factor. the whole issue about him changing course and asking to climb and all that, that s really nothing out of the ordinary. guy does that all the time to avoid weather. so could weather be the problem? yes. does anybody really know what