and against all odds. his snowmobile crashes through the ice in the alaskan wilderness, frozen to the bone. he walks 30 miles looking for help. my boys, my family. fighting off ferocious animals he says, before help finally arrives. an extraordinary, emotional story of survival this morning. good morning, everybody. let s get straight to our top story the breaking news overnight. nine months after air flight 370 disappeared, another passenger plane has vanished in the same part of the world. air asia 8501 was flying from indonesian city of surabaya to singapore when it disappeared from radar. air asia is also based in malaysia. the final communication from the pilot and air traffic control came at 6:12 a.m. when the pilot asked to turn left and climb to 38,000 feet to, quote, avoid clouds. there were more than 160 people on board, including 17 children, one an infant. as their families desperately await word, there s a massive search and rescue effort under way righ
watching football with his wife. those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 29th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we need to start with that expanding search for a missing airasia jet. australia has joined the effort but an indonesian official doesn t hold out much hope. he said he expects they will find the plane at the bottom of the ocean. abc s david kerley has more. reporter: this is the actual airarbia a320 missing at this hour. indonesian aircraft looking for any sign of the jetliner carrying 161 people mostly indonesians. flight 8501 took off from indonesia early saturday morning headed northwest for singapore. 42 minutes into the flight the jet runs into severe weather, thunderstorms and turbulence. the pilot asked to turn and to increase altitude significantly from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet. the jet, then just disappears off radar. it s hard to imagine how a thunderstorm would bring down an airplane especially as experie
snowmobile crashes through the ice in the alaskan wilderness, frozen to the bone. he walks 30 miles looking for help. my boys, my family. fighting off ferocious animals he says, before help finally arrives. an extraordinary, emotional story of survival this morning. good morning, everybody. let s get straight to our top story this morning, the breaking news overnight. nine months after air flight 370 disappeared, another plane simply vanished in the same part of the world. air asia 8501 was flying from surabaya to singapore when it disappeared from radar. air asia is also based in malaysia. the final communication from the pilot came at 6:12 a.m. when the pilot asked to turn left and climb to 38,000 feet to, quote, avoid clouds. there were more than 160 people on board, including 17 children one on infant. as their families desperately await word there s a massive search and rescue effort under way right now. david kerley kicks off our coverage. reporter: this jet
that s the view in cape may. lots of low-level clouds, visibility is above 6 7 miles it s been reduced a little bit. temperatures are very impressive for this time of the year. 51 in philadelphia. 52 for millville. 355 in dover. will also, 52. yesterday you shot up to 59. sea isle, 52. poconos 45 degrees, a very mild afternoon, but the cold front is knocking organ the door. it s on the door, it s slicing pennsylvania right in half. we have a cold front out to the west that will push through in the 24, 36 hours. we re catching a break right now we re expecting showers to develop around 3:00, 4:00 west to east. cloudy and mild the rest of the day, showers, hit or miss 53 degrees that s the forecasted high. looking ahead we have cold weather to talk about more december-like weather that arrives later this week. i ll have the details 23489 seven day forecast in just a little bit. now to the latest on the developing story. the search for a missing air asia plane in the waters
and good evening. thank you for joining us on this busy sunday evening. i m tom llamas. two breaking stories we are following tonight. a desperate rescue effort. a burning ferry off the coast of greece. right now, hundreds of passengers are trapped. we begin with the urgent search for this missing asia jet, 8501. the terrible weather there when the plane went missing, a possible factor. fierce thunderstorms, towering clouds, ferocious winds and the agonizing wait for the family members, 162 people on board including 16 children and an infant. all of this just nine months of malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. so many asking, how can it happen again. we have team coverage tonight with david kerley. reporter: it s the early morning hours in indonesia, the launch of the first full day of searching for the jet liner which just vanished from radar screens. this tonight, another missing jet liner from southeast asia. air area flight 8501. within hours, indonesia says it wi