[no-to-illegals]

pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.... http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-live-in-depth-coverege-of-missing-plane-search-resumes-in-java-sea-for-missing-airasia-flight-qz8501-2047743 ... first paragraph, if doesn’t disappear from article.

[bryan999]

Specifically, “denied a request” to climb because there was an airplane above ?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/air-search-for-missing-airasia-jet-suspended/2014/12/28/a903067e-8e8c-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html

Wow, a lot of good that did, eh ?