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Key questions in disappearance of Flight 8501

AirAsia Flight 8501 asked for permission to climb when the plane encountered bad weather over the Java Sea. The request was made six minutes before radar contact was lost. Jeff Pegues looks at the time line of events leading up to the flight's disappearance and the questions investigators are trying to answer with the little data they have.
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