5017 it disappeared after changing its flight path because of bad weather t. disappearance of airasia flight 8501 is the fourth commercial plane disaster of 2014 t. former managing director of the ntsb says the skies are still safe. i think when you look at the overall pick there may have been 600 fatalities in aviation. that is a low rate when you compare it to the massive numbers of people flying today. reporter: to that point, aviation expanded at an extraordinary rate. more people are flying. it s more accessible. when you look at the accident rate in relation to the millions of ones flying the safety record is truly extraordinary, particularly here in the united states. so that s the reality check this morning. mikaela. john. all right, renee, thanks for
suddenly dropped off the radar. the plane had been in the air 42 minutes when it hit rough weather and lost contact with air traffic control. it s not clear if that played a role in the aircraft s mysterious disappearance. the vice president made clear the hope of finding survivors is fading fast. that region grappling with the flight mh370 that went missing earlier this year. we want to bring in andrew stephens live on the ground for the latest. good morning andrew. good morning john. as you see, it started to rain here surabaya. authorities hoping the the weather will clear up for when the search resumes. the search area is getting bigger and number of vessels and planes involved is also getting bigger. today, first full day of the search has been a day of
weather played a el. reporter: there was no distress call made from the cockpit. indonesian vice president says it is still a search and rescue mission going on there. with the hope of finding survivors, he says is fading fast. we are covering this story from all of the key locations. andrew stevens has the latest developments from indonesia. reporter: this morning, grim new details as the search for air asia flight 85101 continues. indonesian authorities think the plane is likely on the bottom of the sea, based on coordinants of the plane s last transmission. it s become crisis central. the distraught relatives of the 155 passengers briefed here earlier behind closed doors. monday marks the first full day since the plane disappeared early sunday morning. so far the plane has not put out
a lot of people said now, i have to see it. it s their patriotic duty to go see the interview. . good to see you both by the way. still ahead, we will explore the role that weather, did it play a role in the disappearance of airasia flight 8501 and the comparisons of air france flight. there are not many facts but there are some that are crucial and may give us some sense of what went wrong. narrator: this is the storm sea captain: there s a storm comin narrator: that whipped through the turbine which poured. surplus energy into the plant which generously lowered its price and tipped off the house
their cockpit, they re thinking maybe if we go here let s go better. let s request to go up here there were thunderstorms in a line all the way, they could have turned left or right for 50 miles and still been in the same type of weather they got into anyway. this was a matter of getting the plane too slow as they approached these things. you know it s the reason why we don t fly jets into the hurricane. they are propeler airplanes, because they won t have that problem with a possible wind gust cutting into the direction. twlr so many things going on here. i don t like 353 knots. those numbers don t add up. that plane will not flight. as richard said stalling doesn t mean the jets stop running, like your engine stalled. stalling means one or both of the wings don t fly anymore.