when i was able to see the waves, walterter. they seemed to be high.for the search. indeed that might be the reason that this plane crash happened because of bad conditions. it is important to emphasize. talk to your experts about this. say the same thing. bad with doesn't cause crashes. we fly in bad weather all the time. it is unfortunate mistakes. errors. bad luck. that goes with the bad weather. but we don't want people to be scared to fly. there is bad weather all the time. we don't know what led to this crash happening after what appeared bad weather when the plane took off. >> very good point. stand by. our aviation analyst, safety analyst here on cnn. he is -- this is a very good point that he makes. planes fly in bad weather all the time. >> they do. i used to do testing on the manufacturing line. and, my job was to break the wings. so we would try to break the wings. lift them. much smaller jets than these. nonetheless they're designed to flex. absorb the movement. so again, as he said. to be afraid to fly because of this incident is not, not

tell us about this area of the java sea and walterter conditions there. >> the java sea where the searchgoing on it is shallow. shallower than most of the great lakes, actually. an inland sea. 20,000 years ago during the ice age. this was forest. it is really different environment from where, for instance the search of mh-370 has been. also different from air france and atlantic ocean went down. but the problem that the search team is now facing is the monsoon season. this plane couldn't have gone down in a worse time of year all most. there is really big wind. there is choppy waves. the shallow seas are notorious for just comply katemri complicated waves and steep crest. really hard to work in. the other thing. the rain brings down the sentiment. the sentiment floods into the ocean. makes it murky. muddy. hard to see. to it's not very clear water anymore. makes it much more difficult to work in this water. >> eric, it is it isn't a remote area. heavy shipping. traffic. happens there. fishing. many people live nearby. live nearby on the coast. what impact if any, will this have on the se