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world. Im natalie allen. Youre watching cnn newsroom. The search has resumed but planes and ships are facing deteriorating weather. More than 1800 kilometers west of perth, australia. Australian Officials Say one of their vessels has a Black Box Detecter and underwater vehicle. On saturday two chinese ships collected white, orange and red objects from the search zone but none has been linked to the missing boeing 777. Chinese airplanes have drooped buoys to mark three sites. The latest on the search. Atika schubert live from perth, australia. Atika. Reporter a number of Search Planes should be in the search area. Also a malaysia c130 just took
off at the air base and expecting another one to take off shortly and join the search. So they have a little bit more time searching today. The weather in this new search area is much better than the ole one but unfortunately a storm is coming up from the south. So that might affect their visibility but we understand from the Coordinating Team here in australia that they will press ahead and try to get the most out of the search today. Hopefully theyll be able to find something soon. Right, because the clock is ticking for the Flight Data Recorder. Whats the pressure there as far as the time frame goes, atika . Reporter there is a bit of a deadline with the Flight Data Recorder and has a pinger that sends out this signal. But the problem is, the battery on that only lasts for 30 days, so what were looking at is just a few days left, hopefully it stretches out a little bit further but this is why its imperative for the australian vessel, the ocean shield to get this Towed Pinger Locator known
as a tpl25 out to the area. The problem is even though you have this pinger locator, it doesnt know where to look yet because we dont have any debris field. We havent found any debris confirmed from the plane so theres nowhere for the locator to really look at this point. But what theyre doing can theyre trying to bring it out to the area so that at least it will be in position if they do find some debris but at the moment thats all theyre able to do, natalie. Is there any frustration . Are they expressing any frustration . We know this is looking for a needle in the heyaystack and theyre used to it but we know they want to find a debris field. Reporter yeah, i think its difficult and its tough but on the other hand, a lot of the search teams we speak to tell us this is how it goes and all of a sudden you see something that can be confirmed. But as of yet we have not found any of that confirmed debris. The good news is that we have a
lot more teams searching in the area, so a lot greater space is able to be covered. Todays goal, cover about 300,000 Square Kilometers and in addition to the planes there are a number of ships there. I believe there are four ships currently there and another six are expected to arrive over the next day or two. So those ships are just as critical because theyre the only ones that can really physically pick up the objects on the water and see what they are. They have been able to look at a few but unfortunately none of them have been from the plane. Have any talked about the size of any of these suspected objects that they havent perhaps identified as being part of the plane yet . Reporter not yet. What we earlier what we were looking at was a lot of Satellite Images and they were giving estimates on how large some objects were, whether 24 meters or more. The problem, of course, now is that they believe that that was a different search area and that the plane, if it went down was going to be much farther north and since that, since moving the
search area we havent seen as many of those Satellite Images with those promising leads. So hopefully the serarch planes will come back with more leads for the ship to follow. All right. Atika shubert live for us in perth, australia. We thank you. The weather is not looking good in the search area. It is deteriorating. Karen maginnis is following that. Natalie, we were so thrilled that there was that window where the weather was very cooperative for the search. The search area moved from just out of that roaring 40s region but it is not going to be immune from any of the Weather Systems that are expected to roar across this area over the next several days. This is the way the Satellite Imagery is shaping up as we take a look through 4 00 a. M. Utc but there weve got an area of low pressure off the coast of perth. There is a ridge of High Pressure from the north but other area of low pressure that promises to usher in wet weather, gusty winds so that will kick up the surf and could also reduce visibility. Those are the three items that will be particularly troublesome. This is the search area. About 1800 kilometers off the coast of the west coast of australia. And were expecting monday or sunday going into monday the clouds will thicken up. The winds are going to become a little bit stronger and it looks like thunderstorms are going to impede things there, as well. But not just for late sunday and into monday, it looks like this could also be a tuesday event. Now, it may start tapering off then. This is very difficult to obtain data and with the frequency of storm systems, its very difficult to forecast for this region so a few days out is about as good as it gets, maybe you can go a little bit further
than that. But there you can see the rough weather thats expected to move on in across that region. Now, what about the west . Were looking at maybe 60 to 70 kilometerpour hiv hour gusts. Its not the rain thats the problem. It is going to be the reduced visibility. Theres the area of low pressure. Here comes some of the showers and this takes you through sunday but then going into monday, there you go, and tuesday, taking a look at that, orange shaded area is where were looking at 60 to 70 kilometerperhour wind gusts and they could be higher. Back to you. Not good news on that front but thanks, karen. So these pilots flying the Search Planes face a number of challenges not just the weather but long days, hard flying and so far, nothing to report as far as being connected to flight 370. Still as we learn from atika
shubert in perth their morale seems high and paula newton talked to the captain of a canadian patrol plane about the mission. Reporter the location of the mission may have changed but search crews determine to find something, anything in the waters off the coast of perth, australia. The three windows. They are the main ones used. Reporter captain mike mcbetween, a veteran pilot on Military Exchange takes us on board the p3 orion sideline aircraft he will fly to the new search site in a few hours. These are the main ones. Reporter search specialists will scan the waters as it flies 500 feet above the ocean. When they find something theyre yelling mark, mark, mark. Theyre on headset and call that mark and well have the smoke and have a reference point. Reporter its still difficult to spot the object a second time. Thats just part of the problem for flight 370. Unfortunately, if you dont find anything, it brings a bit of a disappointment to the crew. Reporter thats been the hallmark. Crews are confident if they keep looking they will have the capability to find debris and much needed clues to help solve this mystery. What does this plane in particular bring to the search . Why is it so helpful . With the sensors on board, obviously theyre very effective at search and rescue. Not only the crew stations but the camera that we have on board
and the radar works really well. Its designed for any submarine so picking up a submarine so will pick up small bits of stuff in the ocean. Reporter as Captain Mcbetween leads this hope today will be the day. Reporter his optimism is something thats been a Constant Campaign yore for crews still searching. And, of course, the families of those missing are caught in a personal nightmare and some of them say theyre also caught in a web of politics and crisis management. Sara sidner has the story of one group who believe they have become captives of the malay authorities as they await word of their loved ones. Reporter for weeks Malaysian Airline officials in kuala lumpur have been protective of the families of those aboard flight 370 shielding them from everything including the media. The families initially appreciated it. But some of the Family Members
from china now say Malaysian Airlines staff have gone too far making them feel like captives than guests in their hotel. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] i just wanted to come and meet the minister and meet other Family Members but i was not allowed to leave and they wouldnt arrange transportation. They wouldnt even let me take a taxi. I lost my freedom. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter tempers flared when the mandarin speaking families were told they could not attend a briefing for the malaysian families. Most of the chinese and malaysian families are housed in separate hotels and have separate briefings in their native languages. Waiting for details of their loved ones has been excruciating, so with no briefing in mandarin the chinese families ask fundamental they could attend the malaysian briefing. The answer was no. The chinese families balked and even tried to hail a cab and were stopped from doing that
too. About an hour later after some arguing Malaysian Airlines finally offered to take them to the briefing. But when they arrived at the everly hotel the chinese families were not allowed into the briefing and told to wait in the room next door. Finally, with frustrations boiling over, malaysian officials came to them. This is video taken from inside the private meeting as the chinese families met with the ceo, a translator, the Transportation Minister and his wife. A pregnant woman whose husband is missing begins by asking authorities if they will search as long as it takes. Can you give her the assurance you will do everything you can . [ speaking a Foreign Language ] lets say he was injured. Hes been missing. Its been so many case and there isnt any evidence. Reporter she is comforted by the wife of the malaysian Transportation Minister. But she reminds malaysian officials that this is not the time to make the families lives more difficult by restricting their movements. Translator please tell the staffs thought to regulate our movements. They cannot handle another shock. Please let them be free. Reporter already prisoner, the families say all they want is the truth. Sara sidner, cnn, kuala lumpur. We will, of course, continue to follow any new developments in this search off the coast of perth, australia. And with the families, as well. There are some big changes taking shape in ukraines political scene but some voters there dont seem to care. Well show you why coming up here. Also an outbreak of ebola in west africa has World Health Officials scrambling. Dozens have died and officials fear it is spreading. Humans. Even when we cross Our Ts And Dot our is, we still run into problems. Namely, other humans. Which is why, at Liberty Mutual insurance, Auto Policies come with new Car Replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. See what else comes standard at libertymutual. Com. Liberty mutual insurance. Responsibility. Whats your policy . [ male announcer ] thats why theres ocuvite. Ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. Ocuvite has a unique formula thats just not found in any leading multivitamin. Help protect your eye health with ocuvite