cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, steven wallace is here as well.

steven wallace spent 32 years at the faa he was director of the agency of accident and investigation.look into the this. the pilot did not send a distressed signal oar may day. given he was trying to value advantage the flight here. is there any significance you can take away from that or does it provide any clues into what happened? >> i can't draw too many conclusions from that. it's day one. every possibility is on the table. the pilot has a headset on. he can put a push a button and talk to air-traffic control but pilots have the classic -- priorities. communicate is number three. if he's dealing with a emergency that could be a lower priority. >> we know that the pilot requested a different altitude flying at 32,000 flight and wanting to go up to 38. will you priced the plane could be cleared to fly through the rough monsoon conditions? it's the pilot's addition. the pilot requested an altitude change. he was trying to fly over the top of the storm cells, and they were reported to be 50,000. the airbus cannot go nearly that high. more often pilots will deviate to the left or righ

we'll turn to commercial pilot steven wallace, former director of the faa office of accident investigation. good day to you. >> good day. >> we've been reporting a lot on the possible role of that inclement weather we've been talking about. talk to us as your experience as a accident investigator, how weather is a big issue and what we know about the bad weather and the crew's potential response to it in this case. >> well, weather is quite often an issue in accident investigations and in accidents. and i would say that most decision-making -- the bulk of decisions pilots make in the course of a flight, judgment decisions are related to weather as much for passenger comfort as for -- as for safety. so clearly the focus in this investigation will be on the weather and on the flight crew's response to it. tom costello just mentioned pido probes which takes us to the air france 447 accident where there was weather but it wasn't insurmountable weather but it cost something to lose air speed and crew did not respond to it appropriately and stalled the plane. i think it's -- we're going to focus

bring you the latest of the search, and we have former analyst of the fbi tom fun tease, and steven wallace from the office of accident investigation and also peter goulds acting director of the national transportation safety board and cnn safety correspondent renee marsh. this stunned relatives and they were at airport termle in nal, and we -- were at airport terminal but first to renee marsh, and what do you have of the latest here from your sources, about what happened to this plane? >> well, at this point, we don't have any hard information of what exactly went wrong here. with we know that weather was definitely an issue. we know that because the pilot requested to deviate course. we know that requested to go higher in altitude and most likely to try to avoid this weather, but as far as what detailing what exactly caused this situation that we have now which is essentially that this plane is missing, we don't have this at this point, and we know that authorities here at the united states are payinging close attention to this and we know that the lines of communication are open at this

cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, steven wallace is here as well. also with us peter golds former managing director for the ntsb and rene marsh. but i want to begin in beijing with cnn will riply who has been following the ins and occupants of what we know so far. will. >> reporter: what we know is that the families right now in indonesia, dana are going through a similar agony that the families right here in beijing went through in the initial hours after mh-370 disappeared where they are waiting at the airport for any information, information that for flight 370 families really still hasn't come they still don't have closure. the situation right now in indonesia, far different. we know air and sea search has suspended for the night because it is now dark here but at first light the century will resume. one thing we know that's also happening larger ships in the java sea will be turning on their large search lights to keep an eye on the water in the overnight hours here for any debris that may turn up. obviously if a plane came down from a high alt

steven wallace is a pilot and former director of the faa's office of accident investigations. >> modern precipitation and icing and turbulence. but most decision making is about weather, particularly weather avoidance. >> reporter: air traffic controllers and pilots around the globe take precautions to avoid those conditions. but sudden and unpredicted weather can crop up in their flight paths. an ntsb study blamed weather as cause or a contributing factor in more than 1700 plane crashes between 2003 and 2007. >> a lot of airliners have a radar that is designed to detect weather. and it basically sends an echo back that shows the level of density of precipitation. >> reporter: severe thunderstorms are a normal occurrence over the java sea. the location of 8501's disappearance. they can produce lightning and microbursts that can jostle an aircraft. >> very heavy precipitation can potentially drown out the engines. hail can break through the windshield. we've seen all of those things happen, in prior accidents. >> reporter: ice poses another danger at high altitudes. in 2009 ice accumulat

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joining us to discuss today's panel, steven wood, kevin o'leary and sharon epperson and with us for more market action, ben wallace seymour. steve, we were trying to discuss whether this selloff and everything that went along with it, rush into treasuries, japanese yen, out of oil, is it panic selling or is it a healthy correction for the stock snarkt. >> i think it's sentiment driven. that could be panic selling. the fundamentals have not changed dramatically and you have a market where you look at the russell 1000 still up over 11%. russell 2000 still positive. >> they had their correction earlier this year. >> they did. when we're bouncing off of all-time highs so i think a little bit of a correction and volatility is not that all unexpected. >> ben, the doorbuster sale on wall street continues here on wall street. what next? i mean, we've got a fed meeting next week. seasonally we usually are strong going into the year. this is showing no signs of that though. >> i hope you went home long because i think you will be happy on monday. this is a doorbuster sale. this is a flight to out of markets. markets hatd un