Weather around Java Sea violent

Missing: A relative showing a picture of a family who were on board Flight QZ8501 on her mobile phone at the airport in Surabaya, East Java.

PETALING JAYA: Weather conditions around the Java Sea towards year end are known to be violent but not unmanageable, aviation ex­­perts said.

Retired pilot Datuk Jalil Mat Dom said thunderstorms in the region could be quite intense and that pilots could ask for a change in their flight plans.