click -- >> a search operation for the missing asia airline flight has expanded. so far, no conference -- confirmation. with 162 people were on board to singapore. >> visibility was poor and the sea was rough. the conditions for the search on saturday were extremely difficult. as long as they lead lasted, ships, helicopters and planes comes the java sea for signs of the missing airliner. that is where the asia flight disappeared from the radar screens while en route from java to singapore. authorities believe the plane went down over water and sank near an island. >> the evaluation of the accordance we've received is that it suggests is underwater. we believe the root aircraft -- believe the aircraft is now at the bottom of the sea. >> it has been a nightmare for relatives of those on board the plane. some gathered in the crisis at the airport to wait for news. but elsewhere in the airport it's business for -- as usual. air asia has already resumed flights between soda via and singapore. >> we were kind of worried about it, but it was too late to cancel, so we jus

an air asia airliner carrying 162 people has disappeared.his morning the search and rescue mission is on hold because night has fallen over the java sea. the plane was heading from i understand i understandonesia t singapore. air asia says there's 155 passengers on board the airbus and seven crew members including 16 children and one infant. most on board were indonesian. the airline issued a statement saying air asia indonesia regrets to confirm that flight 8501 has lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 this morning. this happened about 45 minutes into the flight. it was on submitted flight plan route and requesting deviation due to bad weather. the flight might have been caught in a thunderstorm. >> weather radar showing big areas of red which means there's violent thunderstorms going on. it does look as though the pilot requested an alternative route but what has happened is that possibly and it's only speculation it might have been hit by thunder and might have gone down. >> according to an transport official the airplane asked t

next, nbc 10 talks with a local aviation expert about what could have happened to the asia airline airlinesflight. >>> theme park fined. the reason federal investigators say allentown's dorney park needs to pay thousands of dollars because of how it treats its workers. >>> all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00, a wife charged with killing her husband in an horrific crash. the extreme blood alcohol level that has her facing a host of serious charges. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> 5:30 still searching for flight 8501. 162 passengers and crew were aboard the asia airliner when it vanished off radar. investigators believe the plane is somewhere on the floor of the java sea. we know there was bad weather at the time of its disappearance. >> experts said today that shouldn't be the only reason to bring down a modern airliner. nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah is here with insight from an aviation expert. >> experts say a storm alone not going to bring down a modern plane. but take that with mechanical error or pilot error and the results can be disastrous. we spoke yesterday with aviation expert arthur wolk

this time asia airlines brash ceo tony fernandez has been tweeting out live update and the airline releasednger manifest hours after the plane vanished. experts hope this search will be easier because this time they are looking in the relatively small java sea. >> it's a shallow sea. it's not like the indian ocean which is so deep that it goes to the limits of our ability to search the ocean bottom. the java sea is 150 feet deep. >> reporter: foul play was initially suspected and experts say something more sinister than weather can't be ruled out. >> maybe there's a bomb on board that blew the airplane up. highly unlickkely but possible. >> reporter: for now these families wait for news that might not come any time soon. they scan the manifest looking for unfamiliar names. >> it's life. we don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: for others it's too much. the dreams of so many in limbo now. louise waits her for word of her fiance and five members of his family. they were going on vacation. >> he was supposed to be there last vacation before we got married. which was to be his last va

. >>> the search for the missing asia airline is expanding. authorities are investigating oil patches and suspicious objects that were spotted in separate locations in the area. indonesia asked the united states for help today in the search. cbs reporter craig boswell has the latest. >> reporter: investigators say it is too early to know whether the debris and oil slicks search crews have spotted in the java sea are connected to the missing airplane. >> lots of questions will be asked. we're going to require a lot of answers before we can understand what happened. >> the jet, carrying 162 people, took off early sunday morning from independent do necessitytia indonesia for a trip to singapore. it did not send a distress call. >> it is not a surprise if you are in an emergency that they are not narrating play by play what is happening. >> reporter: the yesterday of the search operations says he believes the plane is at the bottom of the sea. the air asia flight is the second to disappear over southeast asian waters this year. this march, a malay

the loss of this plane comes on top of unexplained disappearance of mall asia airlines flight 370 in march and downing of mall issueian airline 17 over udmrain july. >> today was birds final game and though they pulled out a win there was no joy in eagles nation. they beat the joints 34/26. that's good even with record of 10-6 they did not make playoffs that's bad. it's painful when you consider how well the birds started the season. >> i wish we would have gone all the way. when they lost two games in a row, i was like that's a shame. it really is. it really is a shame. >> it is a shame. turning to nexten season and how this team with build on its successes. ducis rogers is live with postgame reaction from chip kelly and players. >> it's the moment they're working towards since first the year. >> that's the woodland string band putting finishing touches on their performance down oregon avenue in south philadelphia. of course, it's in preparation for the parade come new year's day and the band has another rehearsal on tuesday and then it's show time. and not too far away in ikea park

this time, asia airlines' ceo has been live tweeting and they released the manifesto hours after the plane crashed. experts hope this search will be easier because think time they are looking in the relatively small java sea. >> it's a shallow sea. it's not like out in the indian ocean, it's so deep that it goes to the limits of our ability to search the ocean bottom. the java sea is only 150 feet deep. >> reporter: foul play was initially expected in malaysia flight. something more sinister can't be ruled out. >> highly unlikely. but it's possible. we don't have the airplane yet. we have to look at other things. >> reporter: but for now the world and these families wait for news that may not come any time soon. they scan the man any fest looking for familiar names. some are stoic. >> but it's life. we don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: for others, it's too much. the dreams of so many in limbo now. louise waits here for word of her fiance and five members of his family. they were going on vacation. >> it was supposed to be their last vacation before us got married. which

the search for that missing air asia airliner, what have they found? >> tonight indonesian tv is showing pictures of possible did he before he photographed like this of two -- debris photographed like this of two relatively large objects in the java sea. it appears to be a slide and main door and what appears to be a life jackets. right now the navy destroyer the uss sampson is on its way. relatives hold onto hope about up with 62 people aboard the vanished -- 162 fema board the vanished flight. -- people aboard the vanished flight. air asia ceo says it's too early to draw conclusions. >> we don't really want to speculate until we find the aircraft, we know what went wrong. then we'll look into it and see what we need to improve, if we need to improve. >> reporter: air asia flight 8501 encountered bad air sunday morning. the pilot asked for permission to climb to 38,000 feet, but a transportation official said the request was denied due to high traffic. minutes later air asia said radar contact was lost. there was no distress call. the former chair of

asia plane has disappeared overseas. right now a frantic search is on for any trails of the airliner carrying 150 people. we have gathered new information on the people on board and what the pilot did after takeoff. details just ahead. good morning sunday, december 28. something a hit-and-run victim is rush to the hospital him police are looking for the victim involved. and have confess for the items -- questions for the items left behind. >>> penn state celebrates a bowl victory after sandusky rocked penn state. >> it's mild, looks like we skipped over winter. looking live on sky 6 we have cloudy skies we're seeing showers in parts of the area. we'll flip it over to storm tracker 6 live double scan, you can see areas north and west of the i-95 corridor, where some of the showers are this morning, we have another batch across interior sections of south jersey. the movement is generally west to east, nothing is too terribly heavy, every now and then we get into a steadier pocket indicated by the yellows. right now we're zoomed into lancaster county, this is southern berks county, you see route 322 and hig

the founder of asia airlines asia air is in indonesia.he's met with some of the families and promising to do all he can to help them. even tweeted. my worst nightmare, but we will get through this. aircraft from indonesia, malaysia singapore will all take part in the search tomorrow. they're focusing on an area in the java sea and hoping for decent weather. at least less rain not as heavy rain tomorrow. indonesian teams search for ten hours today. they found nothing. but the conditions were very bad. hoping for slightly better weather at daybreak. most of those onboard were indonesian. lots of families headed to singapore for vacation. a british passport holder with his 2-year-old singaporean daughter, a couple from south korea and their 1-year-old girl alex. in all 17 children. >> thank you for bringing us the latest. patrick, we're going to of course bring you the updates as noose news warrants, but now back to you and "taking the hill." >> appreciate it. what we'll be covering over the next hour a quiet ceremony today in kabul marked t

of penn state over -- tikritics of. >>> >>> we have are saying with breaking news, the missing asia airline it has been missing all night. >>> winter is hitting a number of states while back here we're tracking showers. chris. >> reporter: nydia, those showers are pushing through parts of the city, more wet weather is expected and colder weather will hit this week. i'll have the details when we come right back. >> old man winter leaving his mark on oklahoma city. investigators say a coca-cola truck ended up on its side after the driver lost control. workers cleaned up the soda while patrols diverted traffic. >>> snow wreaked havoc on the roads of minnesota. there were 194 crashes in a 1 hour time span -- 12 hour time span. now they are bracing for arctic air to arrive tomorrow, highs in the teens and overnight lows below zero. very different picture hear. >> reporter: old man winter hadn't been tough thus far. we're ready. give us something. what are we doing here? 56 degrees yesterday's high temperature. let's get you outside and show you what's what's going on. there's the view in penns l

crews are waiting for day break to resume what they are calling a recovery mission for the air asia airline that crashed into the scene they pulled body as well as debris from the sea they confirm that everything they found so far is from air asia flight 8501, family of passengers and crew were overcome when they saw images from the crash site. >> it's a scar with me for the rest of my life, it doesn't change anything but very little there was at least some closure compared to not knowing what happened and holding out hope. >> search crews confirm from the air they can see the silhouette of the entire plane. there is much more on the crash investigation on world news tonight with david muir, at 6:30 technically after "action news" at 6:00. >>> a man suspected in three rapes in pennypack park is extradited to philadelphia to face charges. robert palin was jailed in madison, wisconsin and dna linked him to attacks here. he resisted coming back to philadelphia and is now held on so million bail. >>> berks county authorities are investigating a suspicious death in douglasville police responded

i think it was about eight years ago southeast asia airline went bankrupt and in large part because of an accident and it was flying on a fairly routine flight and there were some thunderstorms in the area, but there there was a malfunction on board and they accidentally knocked the auto pilot off and the airplane got into a high speed dive. it went past the 90-degree bank. the pilot tried to recover the airplane, but was never able to pull it out of the dive. there are situations like that where we don't know why these airplanes -- there is such a reliance on staying on the auto pilot and not one person. we see this over and over and over again. so even though there is a smoking gun that we have talked about with these massive thunderstorms in the area when the airplane was last heard of and the airplane was asking to divert ready a these -- it is very, very common and you will hear it every day. i am going to be surprised if it is not a compounding factor. it is possibly enduced by the weather. >> and michael structurally the airplane was made so well and it passed everything. it was

whether or not the deviation requested by the asia airline pilots was to the south, southwest is unknown at this time. >> that's going to be very key because this plane lost contact with air control 42 minutes after take off. the pilot though before then did request a deviated route because of weather. is there any chance that perhaps this pilot was able to put this plane down safely on the ground and we haven't heard from it yet? >> i mean, there are very many possibilities but in this particular circumstance i would say that that is a remote possibility simply because we believe there would be some communication from the pilot and from the passengers at this time. >> let's look at the search area. it's over the java sea and the fact that it was 42 minutes after take off that they lost contact does this help narrow the search? >> it does. it does not compare at all to the mh 370 disaster. here we had communication with the pilot until shortly before the aircraft was presumed lost. we know it's exact flight path. they requested a specific deviation so they know more or less the deviation

asia. planes either based here or actually crashed here. we have four incidents now. two malaysia airlines planes. 370 and flight 17. there was trans-asia flight 22 that crashed. now we have 162 missing people on this airasia plane. it's surreal, poppy. >> it is surreal. can you tell us what we know about the flight the crew, the captain, first officer in terms of experience and also what we know about the specific airbus a-320 200 model? >> reporter: well the airline, itself has a tremendous safety record and if you fly on airasia, the planes are relatively new fleet. it's certainly a low-frills carrier. but the planes are clean, they're modern. the pilots were experienced. as our experts have been talking, looking into. they had a lot of flight hours, a lot of flight hours on this particular plane. and, you know another reality here poppy, is the fact that these budget carriers are booming. they're aggressively expanding here in asia. here in china. >> right. >> in kuala lumpur. airaaron airasia, a major competitor. this is opening up air travel for a generation of people in this part of

this would be the third incident involving a southeast asia airline in addition to this one and the one just mentioned about the malaysia airlines, of course the malaysia airlines jet shot down over rebel-controlled eastern ukraine. up to this point and notwithstanding those three now perhaps incidents, this had been a fairly good year in terms of plane crashes, worldwide only 526 dead in 2014, that's the ninth lowest total since 1945. we have one more report that is unconfirmed but i do want to bring it to your attention. the indonesia web site that is a publication in indonesia is reporting the plane has crashed, citing local officials off an island in the java sea, they say the plane has crashed but that is an unconfirmed report. that is what we know about this disappeared airline at this hour. we will continue to keep you updated on this developing story throughout the night. we'll break in as we need to. now back to an "on the record" special already in progress. >> at the end of his message, he got up to leave like he did the night before and when he got to the aisle, he remembere

. >> tony fernandez the ceo of asia airlines has handled the matter completely and distinctly different than the matter that was handled in mh-370. what we saw was a holding back of information from the families and in many instances, from the public while that data was being developed. or quite the opposite, when new data was presented, prior to it being confirmed, it was released and subsequently counter manneded. this provided tremendous emotional conflict for the families during the course of that search, in the case of air asia, we have found that tony fernandez has come out in front, that he has shown great empathy to the family, he immediately travelled to the departure airport, he engaged the family. he set up crisis centers for them, and provided supportive care early for them. which is exactly what you want to see. it's the families that are the first priority here, when it's believed that an aircraft has been lost. they have to be provided with emotional support and whatever additional support in terms of logist logistics, travel, food, shelter, and counseling that the airlin

the weather for asia airlines was as bad as it can possibly get. know mh-370 made an intentional 180-degree turn. made another right turn another left turn and then proceeded six hours en route. where they were going, nobody knows. airasia disappeared three minutes after their last communication. they were approaching the squall line with level 5 thunderstorms. the pilot apparently made a decision, i'm not going through there. he attempted a left-hand turn. he requested a higher altitude. the higher altitude was not granted. whether that's a factor in this presumed accident is a big question mark. >> and interesting. tell us a little about that area. we put the map up if we can put it back up again, is there something unique about that part of the world near the indian ocean, that region that makes it more dangerous to fly? >> that's a terrific question. yes, absolutely. it's called the inter-tropical convergence zone and also happens to be the monsoonal season. that really is a double whammy. the inter-tropical convergence zone is a band around th

>>> asia's airline industry is growing fast with new flights and millions of new customers, but is theace hurting safety. >>> on the border there are surprising new findings today on the changing face of immigration. we will take you to texas and the families risking everything as they hope for a better life. >>> and homecoming a former national football league coach is getting a big day pay to go back to his college team. the debate is on for contracts for ncaa coaches. >>> major bill dee -- de blasio met with some of his biggest critics union members. some police shouted at the mayor and even turned their backs on him at public events. >> there were a number of discussions especially about the safety issues that our members face. there was no resolve. and our thought here today is that actions speak louder than words, and time will tell. >> critics say de blasio had sided with protesters who took to the streets after the killings of unarmed black men in missouri and new york. >>> we have new numbers on the dangers that police officers face every day. the number of officers killed in

. >>> we continue to follow developments in the search for a missing asia airliner.head at 4:30 a local aviation expert shares his thoughts on what went wrong. >>> and history was nearly made in congress this year but that is not a good thing. the dubious distinction they narrowly avoided this year. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> not much to write home about but this session of congress has avoided an embarrassing distinction. according to the pugh research center, this congress is not the least productive in history but they cut it pretty close. in their last month this congress passed 111 laws that's over a third of their total output. nbc 10 spoke with democratic senator tom carper. >> voters want us to work together, want us to work across the aisle, get things done. they want us to continue to strengthen the economic recovery. >> this congress passed just 13 more laws than the least productive in history. that zngs goes from the congress that served from 2011 to 2012. >>> jeb bush and chris christie are the front-runners for the 2016 presidential republican nominat

the low-cost carriers in asia, airlines like tiger, jetstar, airasia, the largest of them all is lionthey are not only growing very fast, they are consolidating. the major carriers -- when you think now about the low-cost airline model in the united states whether it's jetblue, southwest or spirit, for example, it's still dominated by the three network carriers. what's happening in asia is the low-cost carriers are becoming the bus network of the region. >> airasia pioneered the low-cost model in that region. it's build a strong reputation for affordable and safe flying. i believe there are seven airlines in indonesia. and five of them are banned from landing in eu, in the european union because safety standards are not there. but airasia is not one of them, they are permitted to land in the eu. i guess the big question now is, is that in jeopardy in any way? >> i don't expect it to be in jeopardy at all. you're talking about the band on the indonesian carriers. these were airlines in indonesia regulated by the indonesians, including the national carrier at one point. they all -- they

in july of this year a trans asia airline flight crash in 2002. >> what role does pilot error have ort played in these accidents. >> investigators found that the pilots weren't trained a cattily enough to maneuver the plane manually at high altitudes in those storm conditions a very chaotic situation for any pilot. >> oftentimes when a pilot is trying to get out of a storm, they're really trying to save the aircraft, so they're really doing all kinds of things, heroic measures to try to save an aircraft that's potentially unstable. and when you're in a storm, and the aircraft is literally choking, like you're choking yourself, you're trying to power back into the aircraft just trying to breathe and get it back into a safe zone. >> they're saying that the airline industry suffers form autopilot addiction pilots are so used to the plane flying itself, so that when they are suddenly confronted with a problem, they don't know how to respond or they make errors. >> thank you so much. >>> switching gears now, the longest war in american history official has come to an end. afghanistan resum

this incident becomes just ten months after malaysian airline flight 370 van eshed on its way to beijing with 239 people on board. the missing air asialiner is the second one to go missing this year as we've just pointed out, and all of that has a lot of people wondering what is going on in that part of the world. could there somehow be a connection? nick val ens wra is here in the studio and has been sort of looking at what is similar and what is not similar in the disappearance of these two planes? >> sure. we've had people wake up this morning tweeting us giving us messages saying what is going with this area of the wourld? what is happening here? let's break down exactly what the pair sons and similarities are between mh-370 and this air asia flight that went missing? we believe we have a map to show you here some comparisons. we know mh-370 went missing on the 8th of march. now, air asia left when singapore and went missing overnight. here's is one of the big similarities. both disappeared from radars and made no further communication after that moment. that is essentially, though where the similarities end. it was not in indone

findyourfit ♪ ♪ it's all fitbit ♪ >>> well the search goes on around the java sea for the missing asia airlinerquestions. >> those flight data recorders actually have their own beacons, once they hit the water, they should start sending out the -- >> pings. >> the pings. but these are crucial. rachel crane explains what can be found out if they do manage to recover the plane's black box. >> following a plane crash, the search for survivors always comes first. but just as important is the search for answers. the why and the how. often those answers are found in the black box. since the '60s, all commercial airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because they're actually orange. and when we're talking about a black box we're talking about two different boxes, one being the cockpit voice recorder the other being the data recorder. they weigh anywhere from 20 to 30 pounds. they can survive almost anything. forces 3400 gs. they're waterproof and they can save recorded data for two years, and it's a lot of data. the cockpit voice recorder records the cre

there is no sign of asia airline flight 861.> we have in singapore where flight 8701 should have landed 36 hours ago. good morning. >> good morning. it's night here in southeast asia. and the aerial search for the missing plane has been called off. but fishing boats are continuing to scour the seas. it's counted as not being from the downed plane. debris is being citeded with but the head of sayses his working highypothesis is that the plane is now at the bottom tom of the sea. it will take specialized equipment to detect the pings from the plane's black box. that will take time. and that's no comfort to the relatives waiting where the plane took off from and here in singapore where it was supposed to land. >> alan thanks. travel editor peter greenberg is with us. good morning to you, peter. >> good morning. >> so when i initially heard a change in altitude. they seems odd. but you're saying it's not uncommon. >> it happens hundreds of times a day. and it's denied because there's other traffic in the area. it's not an unusual si

as for air asia, the airliner has an excellent aft record. it's never lost a plane. the ceo released a statement saying they're cooperating with authorities and their main priority is is keeping the families informed. the captain has over 20,000 flight hours and the plane is a very sophisticated airline, but as we just mentioned, there was bad weather in the area. it's monsoon season there. the weather can get quite violent and as of now, there are plenty of questions and few answers. julie? >> will carr in los angeles. thank you very much. >>> we're also learning more about the 162 people on board the doomed flight. the breakdown includes 138 adults, they were 16 children, one an a infant and seven crew members. the vast majority of the passengers are from indonesia. singapore, malaysia and france each has one of their citizens on board and three of the passengers are from south korea. there are however we're told no americans on board the flight. >>> the state department saying the united states stands ready to help in the search. although indonesia has not asked f

airline that is until now an xlebt safety record and if anything martin i would say that an airline like air asiaits part of the world has particularly had to battle the perception of oh you know how safe is the budget airline? in the u.s. we take for granted southwest and rather safe airlines. over there they've had to change minds, and they've done a good job of that. obviously, a big blemish. >> essential is. right now the focus is on finding the plane and the passengers. maybe both could be all right. seth kaplan thank you very much. richard quest, as always thank you for your personal insights. our coverage of the missing air asia jet continues. next how weather may have played a role in the plane's disappearance and what is the forecast for the search when it begins in a few hours? ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. why do i take metamucil everyday? because it helps me sk

it is a smaller asia based airline.erican companies have to deal with the faa to determine some of the technical issues. but we should point out that the u.s. will most likely provide financial aid and will aid in the search efforts as the u.s. did in search for mh-370. the white house joined call to track each and every flight throughout the flight path which didn't happen of course in, this case. the international organization is calling for. that we were talking about ikao during the search for mh live 370 and in this case the white house is also saying that all threes flights need to be tracked from beginning to end. erin we know that for the families who are waiting, although as it was characterized there is less urgency for the families waiting for the 162 people that this is an absolute urgent occasion to try to get some answers. but i understand the point that you made. we just got an element in about the search operation. we know the flights have been halted for the night. we've been told that big ships that ha

asia. in the early days some of the flights cost just a few dollars a seat. the airline'snders that include a music executive and a director saw an opportunity in southeast asia's rapidly growing middle class. that growth has attracted rivals. there are now nearly 60 low cost carriers in the region. and that competition hurt airasia's financial results in 2014 with the airline clocking one of its worst quarters in its 13-year history. but now worries about revenue are giving way to worries about reputation. flight qz-8501 is airasia's first major crisis and as investigators piece together the cause of the crash, one of malaysia's biggest success stories could unravel. now, if you're looking for a very broad gauge of how this crash may impact the company's financial results, the stock price is somewhat of an indication. it is down about 7% over the last couple days. but just to put this into context, this is a company that generate $1.4 billion in revenue last year. no one is suggesting it is going away. what most people don't realize is just how fast this revenue has grown

however, a lot of airlines in the area some have been black listed particularly in flying over the iu for example, what is the state of aviation and safety in the asia-pacific region? >> reporter: well, flying is extremely safe and the safest form of travel and that's true world wide. and asian airlines operate in accordance with the same international standards. air asia as you say, has an excellent safety record. they have flown millions of safe flights over the last ten years. this is obviously, a catastrophe. we need to find out exactly what happened. >> but just talking about an industry at large, you are very involved in this. there has been massive growth in terms of the number of people traveling the growth of airlines particularly on domestic routes. has this put pressure on the industry in that region and does that impact on safety? >> well it's true that flying is extremely popular. we are talking about more than 3 billion people flying around the world every year. and that's 9 million passengers a day. some of the fastest growing markets are if asia that includes indonesia, which is a large market because the country is far flung islands

asia. the still unexplain disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 in march, with 239 people on board, and million layer a airlines flight 17, that crashed over ukraine in july killing all 298 people on board. officials stress that they are still searching for answers about what could have happened here. the plane a's pilot is said to have thousands of hours of experience. the chris? >> real mystery there then, jennifer, thank you. >>> well, many children are expecting to go back to school next week after their winter break but that is not the case for some children in philadelphia. parents of students at walter palmer middle school just received letters saying that the school will not be reopening, after the holiday break. and now, they are scrambling to find a new school for their children. the the the letter says school witt shut down because add a minute straightors were unable to meet with the school district of philadelphia the dispute, all about money. school says district never hinted at shutting down and parents say they just don't know what to do at this point. >> we have to

carrier which has significant presence across south-east asia it trails two other malaysian tragedies, both involving the national carrier malaysia airlines. in march, mm-hmm 370 -- m-receiver disappeared -- mm-hmm 370 disappeared. and in july mh17 was shot down killing 198 people on board. air asia has never lost a plane, and search and rescue is going in full swing, many hope it remains so >>> let's cross to peds who is at -- peds which is at changi airport. are the relatives giving you more information at this point? >> it's difficult to know. you know authorities here those at change airport have been very careful with the relatives and journalists outside, who there are maybe 100 of us here waiting to to see if they can work outside the area. a little earlier, it came through, and it was brought in quickly. she was the feepsa of -- fiancee of one of the people on board, and a teacher of singaporean students on the air plane who came through. and the n of kin, we have been told, has been contacted, and is at the change airport relatives holding sear. authorities are clear to give as much assistance as they can. their counsellors here

we do know that air asia is a budget airline. we also know that as budget airlines go, they tends to compromise in terms of comfort travel comfort. would they have compromised on safety? >> no. they are not allowed to even compromise on safety. there are strict international standards for air operator certification, also stands for airstandard forsurvey ends of the aircraft. one points of interest is what did the airline dispatch know and what they were communicate with this aircraft and crew at or near the time when it was missing off the radar. >> great getting your insight. thank you. >> quite welcome. >> director of aviation insights. >>> moving onto other stories now. nato's combat mission to afghanistan is coming to an end after 13 years. now, this year has been the deadliest yet with more than 4,000 afghan soldiers and police having been killed. jennifer glasse is in kabul. >> reporter: at the height of its mission nato had about 140 forces here in afghanistan across the country as they draw down to just about 13,000 force

economy and in the asia specific region. >>> airlines getting a course from cheaper energy prices and in the future, newer technologies help the oil industry grow even more with the u.s. and canada expected to become global leaders in the field. jackie deangeles has more. >> reporter: it's underground. and thanks to new technologies in getting it to the surface is getting a whole lot easier. >> makes us more productive, reliable, cost efficient. >> reporter: innovation making extraction more efficient and safer is key. it will help unlock 80% of the oil resources. the trick is separating the oil from the sand. using a method called steam-assisted gravity drainage that's currently under way . this is part of the facility that steam is being injected into the ground to heat the oil and bring it up to the surface. at this alone, 20,000 barrels of oil per day and what's significant is the footprint is less than 10% of the entire area that it's reaching. in the oil sand, technology is driving growth. that will be the key over the next 25 years. every year, the region adds 150 to 200,000 ba

asia. with 170 aircraft. so this is not some small airline. frastructure of southeast asia. >> it's a dominant aircraft. obviously, the question is going to be its safety record, the safety record of this aircraft. give me your insight as to, again, what is happening at that crisis center right now and those key bits of information you want right at this moment. >> if you talk about airasia's safety record, it is exemplary. they've had warnings in 2011. other than that it's sparkling, its safety record. i have flown airasia many times. the chief executive of airasia is one of the most famous men in aviation. he is of course tony fernandez, who's also chairman of one of the english football clubs. and tony fernandez is a very, very well-known man in the business. larger than life. he will obviously be deeply involved in what is happening now. i visited the airasia network operations center in thailand. in malaysia. in kuala lumpur. and seen how it's run. this is an airline that has in many ways -- it's brought aviation to the masses in that part

asia we will be doing. a contrast to what we saw from malaysia airlines, heavily criticized for their lack of communication.or 29 cents, to aids in 2001, and he has reached all these markers of success. you see here he is doing exactly what you're supposed to do in a horrible situation, be as open as awful. >> opening up with the comment this is my worst nightmare. that is what you want to hear from the ceo. >> being unusually frank in a culture not that frank, kind of taking some of his western management techniques and applying that's an asian company. to a lighter subject, and he married signing a four-year agreement with the u.s. company under armour, replacing adidas as his name sponsor. terms were not disclosed there is no stopping this guy. >> i am fascinated by this story and he just identify the next market he wants to conquer. under armour while we were in the midst of a commercial break i went to the under armour website and was able to find only 15 items in the mens tennis section. then i went to nike and ran out of time to count at a hundred. once upon a time, nike was nowhere in tennis. >> how

we have more than 20, more than 50 airlines in asia with a new budget airlines. rapidly growing industry. and some of the concerns that have been brought aboard are -- >> good point, the wall street journal transport correspondent. thank you. that plane was delivered in 2008 as he just said. 23 hours, 23,000 hours in the air and had its last maintenance on november 16. and the airline itself has been around since 2001 carrying more than 200 million passengers and a pretty good safety record nothing major on its sheets. >>> all right, well rescue teams on this other story we've been following, still struggling to pull more passengers from that burning ferry in the adriatic. how weather is hampering their efforts and what is happening as daylight approaches. stay with us. you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball

airlines flight disappeared. it is still missing. officials think it's somewhere under the indian ocean. there is also mh17 shot down in ukraine over the summer. this air asia flight is a malaysian based airline. two pilots, one of whom was french. five crew. most onboard were indonesian and a lot of family members, a lot of friends out there were waiting and hoping that there would be some answers but it's nighttime here and any sort of search operations that may be still going on are severely limited by the dark. >> what time is it there local time? we're trying to figure out how long that plane has been missing? >> reporter: it's 7:00 p.m. local time. i've been going through different time zones. it's 7:00 p.m. local time. >> that means the plane has been missing for coming up on 12 hours because you said it -- >> reporter: 8:00 local time. they do know about when it went off radar so that should confine the search and rescue operation to a small eer area. they believe it could be as far away as off the coast of perth in the indian ocean. >> another thing that makes this different -- we don't want to draw comparisons. i think there are a lot of people th

there are now nearly 60 low-cost carriers in the region and that hurt air asia's results in 2014. with the airline clocking one of its worst quarters in its 13-year history. but now, worries about revenue are giving way to worries about reputation. flight qz-8501 is air asia's first major crisis. and as investigators piece together the cause of the crash, one of malaysia's biggest success stories could unravel. >> richard quest says what happens next for the airline is a period of intense review. >> i think what the company will do now, it's going to be a moment of introspection because they will obviously be looking at what caused the pilots to do what they did. once the final report is known you have as an airline, as any airline does, you say where did we fail? if we failed at all. for an airline that's grown so fast, that will be the key moment. the reputation will be damage the but let me tell you, there are a lot of airlines in asia that has dreadful reputation. there's no doubt they survive. there will be a moment in which it has to decide and reflect what went wrong, if anything did. and t

air asia is a budget airline based out of malaysia. that country is reeling from two other high-profile crashes this year. in march, malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared in root from coola lum poor to beijing. and another was shot down over the ukraine. there were no survivors. according to a staumt by the airline, the captain and copilots were experienced pilots with thousands of hours of air time and the plane had just undergone routine maintenance. >> stay with abc 7 news and following us on twitter for the latest on the missing plane. >>> new at 11:00, two people are hurt after a truck slams into a buddhist tell telenell san jose. it happened around 7:30 on story road neither waters drive. witnesses say the truck took out a light pole and some power lines before crashing into the building. a monk inside the temple and the driver both have minor injuries. police arrested the driver on suspicion of drink driving. >>> more cold weather on tap tonight. take a live look outside. this is the view from our explora tore yum camera. it

that was this past july. >> a little bit about this airline, air asia. it is a malaysian country, a low-cost airline like the fron here or southwest but in asia. it has a good safety record. it flies new planes and it is popular, because of its low fairs. we'll let you know of any further developments. >> at least 300 passengers are strand on a ferry that caught fire. we learned that 100 people have been rescued. fierce winds are hampering the rescue effort. helicopters are unable to reach the ship. choppy seas are keeping rescue boats at bay. the fire broke out on the car deck of the italian ferry sailing from greece to italy. they went to the top deck of the ship where they have been stuck for more than six hours. >>> and we're also following some big bay area news this morning the it looks like the end is near for coach jim harbaugh. multiple reports suggest the 9ers will fire him after today's game. kick off against arizona is at 1:25 and great day to play some football in santa claire because -- a little r chilly. >> good weather. seasonal temperatur

air asia is a malaysia based airline. new back in march malaysia airlines flight 370 went missing soon after taking off from kuala lumpur for lay jim. it remains missing until this day with 239 people. now, white house officials say that president obama a has been briefed on this latest incident, and will continue to machine for the situation. we're live from the the sat center syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thank you. >>> new this morning, two people are rushed to the hospital after a car accident in northeast philadelphia's lawncrest neighborhood. it happened in the 700 block of kare in street just before 3:00 this morning. the investigators tell us the car was traveling fast when it hit a pillar of the house and flip over. one person is in critical condition, the other is in stable condition. >>> thousands lined streets to honor new york city police officer rafael ramos. many officers from our area made the trip to queens to pay their respects to the their fallen brother. dignitaries including vice

the ceo of air asia says the airline is committed to helping the family of the victims. >> we will not run away from any obligations or hide behind any conventions. we will be there even after all their families even after all of this is over. >> it is still unclear exactly what brought down the airliner but bad weather is believed to be a part. investigators expect to have a better understanding once the ever voice and data box is recovered. one girl on the plane sent snap chats of her sister and of her brother as they waited to take off from the airport. her family was heading to singapore to celebrate the new year. 25-year-old woman had gone to the airport to pick up her fiance and family that were coming to visit her. and one man talked about losing his mother and sister. >> until yesterday morning and afternoon, we still hoped we would get a miracle that our families are still alive. because my mother, my sister we were very close. >> the family members are now gathered at a crisis center in indonesia. they are filling out papers and providing identifying information about their l

air asia is a malaysia based airlines. back in march flight 370 went missing, soon after, taking off from kuala lumpur for beijing. it still has not been found. now white house officials a say president obama has been breached on the latest incident and will continue to monitor the situation. we're live from the sat center i'm syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right, same, thank you. >>> new this morning two people are rush to the hospital, after a car accident in northeast philadelphia's lawncrest neighborhood. it happened in the 700 block have of knor street just before 3:00. up investigators tell us that the car was traveling fast when it hit a pillar of the house and flipped over. one person is in critical condition and the other is in stable condition. >>> well, thousands line the streets to honor new york city police officer rafael ramos. many police officers from our area made the trip to queens to pay their respects to their fallen brotherhood. dignitaries including vice-president joe biden were al