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What could pilots do to avoid storm?

CORRECTS NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD - In this Nov. 26, 2014 photo, AirAsia Airbus A320-200 passenger jets are taxing on the tarmac at low cost terminal KLIA2 in Sepang, Malaysia. An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway. The plane in this photo is not the plane that went missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore but one of the same models. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian/AP)

What could pilots do to avoid storm?

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CORRECTS NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD - In this Nov. 26, 2014 photo, AirAsia Airbus A320-200 passenger jets are taxing on the tarmac at low cost terminal KLIA2 in Sepang, Malaysia. An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway. The plane in this photo is not the plane that went missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore but one of the same models. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian/AP)

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