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.
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