slow descent into that region. reporter: the spector of the miracle on the hudson had given hope to some families. wraps another miracle would be revealed here. but at the crisis center as time passes praying has given way to despair. this family told cnn s gary tuchman they lost seven loved ones on that flight. translator: when we heard the information, firstly of course we hoped our family members were safe and thought of nothing. until yesterday morning and afternoon, we still hoped we would get a miracle. that our families are still alive. because my mother, my sister we were very close. it s just heartbreaking for the families. and what is complicating this is it s monsoon season and that s
investigators any sense of what happened? i think first of all with the clothing or the victim s body if they were unclothed, you would have whether there s any sign of puncture wounds to the body or clothing whether there s sign of an explosion where they ve had the residue or the smoke or the particles in their clothing or on their bodies it would indicate maybe the plan did land on the ocean or crashed on the ocean w0u89 other i have more questions for all of you. but i need to get a quick break in. more on flight 8501 after a break.
people and video that it exploded in mid flight. so you have this fireball in this sky, seen by other pilots and people on the ground and the pieces coming down in the atlantic ocean in about 130 feet of water, similar to the depth of this crash. because it exploded that led to the speculation it could be terrorism or it could have been sabotage or a bomb on board by who knows who. and that s why, for a long time there was a joint investigation with the fbi and the ntsb working together to get to the bottom of it. ultimately thankfully because the plane was in shallow water, divers were able to by hand sift through the silt on the bottom and later find clutchmps of wires indicating they had sparked, there was a surge of electricity through the fuel tank and they were able to look at the blast pattern, the way
tactics, the recent killings of two officers and the ever-present fear of terrorism, this will be an extra tense night for the nypd. police are out in force and everyone appears to be having a good time. anderson cooper and kathy griffin are down there. watch tonight and ring in the new year with them. always a very fun time right here on cnn. coming up dangerous weather conditions hindering the search for air flight 8501. but more bodies and debris have been found. a rare look inside the place where air disaster mysteries are solved. how experts analyze black boxes.
where the flight originated and caskets are received by the indonesian military. so far, few of the 162 people on board have been found. searchers discovered an emergency door and blue suitcase. the weather is not looking good for the next two or thee days. that is slowing us down. but they did inform me that the ships are looking to operate 24 hours. reporter: now there are conflicting reports from officials about whether a sonar image located wreckage believed to be from the ill-fated flight at if bottom of the java sea. one theory developing the pilots made an attempt to land the aircraft on the water similar to the one landed on the hudson. the last time the radar picked up the aircraft to where they found the debris is over 100 miles. that would be consistent of a