Neighbourhood. Right now in Southeast Asia the search effort is resuming for yet another missing jetliner. Airasia qz8501 took off from indonesia a little more than 24 hours ago. It encountered heavy weather about 40 minutes later. Air Traffic Controllers were trying to divert it and thats when they lost contact. 162 people were on board the flight so far there has been no sign of them for the plane. Veronica pedrosa as more. Reporter from the air and at sea an intense search for missing flight airasia qz8501. The airbus a320 was carrying 162 passengers and crew from the indonesian city of surabaya to singapore. 42 minutes after takeoff the aircraft lost communications with air Traffic Control. I hope for a miracle, may god save them all. I should have been with them i cancelled two weeks ago as i had something to do. I have two friend on board with five family members. Those with relatives on board have been demanding answers. The weather conditions were not good. We dont want to spec
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And got to hand it to him. A brave base jumper pulls off the most spectacular high five youve seen. Today, monday, december 15, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Got the gang all here willie in for matt boy, breaking news out of australia this morning. Well get to it. Its a tense situation at a cafe in sydney and its playing out on live television. Chilling images of hostages inside and the few who have made a daring dash to safety. Lets go to sarah james, she has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter nbc news can confirm this morning that the identity of the gunman who is holding those hostages is sheikh man haron. This selfstyled cleric is an iranian immigrant to australia, the man who is believed to be behind this terror attack that struck at the heart of sydney here in the financial, political and media center of the city, taking