asking foermgs climb to 38,000 to escape a storm. two full minutes pass as the controller assesses air in the area. when he approves flight 8501 does not respond. the uss sampson arrived in the java sea, what had been its original mission, searching for rescue and possible survivors now turns to roarry. search teams are now concentrating on finding the bodies of the passengers and crew and airasia ceo was quick to reach out to the heartbroken families. tony fernandez tweeting my heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in qz8501. on behalf of airasia my condolences to all. words cannot express how sorry i am. let s head to the indonesian city of surabaya where the flight originated and distraught family members have been huddling. cnn s senior producer david malko is there with more. hi david. reporter: it s just past 8:00 in the evening, 9:00 sorry here in surabaya, indonesia, a few hundred miles away from where most of the activity is taking place no
i m ana cabrera in for brooke. we re a couple of hours away from daybreak in indonesia when search crews will be back in the sky and the sea looking for any trace of airasia flight 8501. instead of shrinking the search area is now growing from seven zones to 11 between islands of borneo java and sumatra with more nations including the united states now joining the search effort. it has been almost 44 hours, almost two full days since the airbus a320 bound for singapore simply vanished from radar. with fierce thunderstorms plaguing this area at that time we know the pilot radioed in and he asked permission to climb in elevation. but his request was denied. instead he was told to go left and then nothing. no distress signal. no may day call. but a leaked screen grab said to be from indonesian air traffic control appears to show the plane was climbing but losing speed and now some are suggesting this could have caused a stall. what we ve been able to obtain from some pilots is
just hours ago, bad weather descended on the search area in the java sea. do you think that the numbers of bodies recovered will be growing rapidly? translator: we don t know. because the victims, i believe most of them are still inside the aircraft and they have their safety belts buckled. we hope that the evacuation process will go fast. cnn s gary tuchman is in surabaya where the doomed flight began and where the victims will make their final journey home. reporter: carol, ten bodies have been recovered from this airasia plane. there are still 152 souls no the rofd. behind me the crisis center at this airport where their loved ones took off from people getting counseling getting religious counseling, getting food, bat water, watching newscasts, hoping for any word about the recovery of the bodies of their loved ones. most of them have come to terms with the fact that their loved ones did not survive that terrible accident. right now there s no longer a mystery abou
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