we are declaring an emergency emergency. we would like to return to the airport and have the authorities meet him. so that plane headed back to dulles international airport where police detained the man. he has not been charged for any crime at least by this point in time. renae marsh is live at dulles. will he be charged with anything?
situations as a passenger on that plane to go through severe weather. you talk about anyone who s on an airplane and turbulence, they feel that this is the end for them. most people in aviation will tell you that most likely, you will be fined. they will bet money that you will be fined because these planes are built to handle it. the key is, the person at the controls, they have to be able to handle it and they have to react in the proper way. yeah. renae, as you ve covered mh 370 along with all of us when it happened in march of this year, many will be looking and really hoping and praying that the way information is disseminated an the way this search and rescue operation is conducted is very different to what happened in that case so make it clear, we are talking about air asia indonesia here but people will be hoping lessons have been learned. absolutely. you know, already we re seeing as far as the air line goes, the dissemination of information is happening rather quickly. y
recorders. it tells us so much and really piece together so many questions that we have at this hour from the data recorders, they will learn about the plane s engine and the health of the plane. was there anything wrong with the plane. from the data recorders, we will also be able to hear what kind of conversations were happening in the cockpit. so a lot of questions can be answered once we get our hands on those recorders. renae, just stand by for us because i want to explain the pictures we just put up on our screens. you re looking at pictures from singapore where family members as you see some clearly in some level of distress have been looking through the flight manifest to see if their loved ones were among the 162 people onboard that air asia indonesia flight. people in singapore, family members, extremely worrying
worried. this is an extremely painful time for them as they get word that this flight is missing. you know, the air lines are saying they don t know what has happened to it. they don t know. they cannot provide very much in the way of information but we can tell you there are 162 people onboard that air bus 320. the majority of them were indonesians. we re sharing this picture now from singapore where we know there s a help center with a number that people can call. as you see this woman on her screen clearly in distress as so many must be at this time. such a worrying time as they wonder, wait and pray in the hope that they will get more information about what has happened to their loved ones. renae marsh, i know you are still with us. you mentioned us speaking to the ntsb and about how any kind of involvement would have to be requested from the indonesians. if that request was made, what