search of it. one famous story suggests the ark was taken from jerusalem to egypt, hundreds of years before the babylonian siege began. that s where indiana jones goes and looks for it. we re told that sheshaq of the bible, an egyptian pharaoh, that he may have attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon. yes. around about 980 b.c. and there is one theory that he took away the ark of the covenant. this is where we get the indiana jones theory. he may have taken the ark back to the city of tanis. reporter: archaeologists find the evidence of that underwhelming and believe the ark is no more likely to be buried in the sands of tanis than locked away in a government warehouse. bureaucratic what did they say? they don t know what they ve got there. reporter: strangely enough, our search for the ark also brought us back to jerusalem, to
increased alert, israel taking action as concern about the missing plane grows. we re live in jerusalem with details of new terror fears. caught on camera, two men believed to be the pilot and the co-pilot passing through airport security. what will searches of their homes reveal? holding out hope. the partner of one of the three americans on the plane says she s convinced he s still alive. she talks to cnn about the excruciating wait for information. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the search for the malaysian airlines flight 370 is now in its 11th day, and as new information trickles out the mystery of what happened to the 777 and the 239 people on board only getting deeper. more than two dozen countries are now taking part in efforts to try to locate the plane which disappeared on an overnight flight to beijing, but the task
direction today, but to prevent commandeering a plane. you have countries looking at this now and how they ll respond. back to jerusalem and nic robertson. as we see this, what the israelis are doing, is it just out of an abundance of caution or based on what you re hearing over there, do they really fear this plane potentially could be someplace and could be sort of a guided missile, if you will, down the road? reporter: wolf, it seems to be potentially part of what you re saying, that there is a potential that they cannot rule out because there isn t adequate information about mh-370, but it is therefore an abundance of caution in this case, but a realization of the fact that there is potentially a threat that hadn t been considered before a civilian airliner full of passengers unidentified in the air, and that s of a concern that this could be a new threat in the future.
is monumental with the last possible known location believed to be somewhere between the southern indian ocean and central asia. cnn is putting our unmatched resources op this story with our correspondents covering all angles. let s get straight to jerusalem and nick robertson. the flight 370, the mystery prompting israel, i understand, to take action. what is israel doing right now? reporter: wolf, israel has put its air traffic controllers at ben-gurion international airport, its main air traffic control facility. it s put them on a higher state of alert, it has told them to implement the checks that they do more rigorously, and they should follow the detail and follow the letter, if you will, of an implementation of all the procedures that they would normally follow. they re saying that the procedures remain the same, but they re going to check them and
one famous story suggests the ark was taken from jerusalem to egypt, hundreds of years before the babylonian siege began. that s where indiana jones goes and looks for it. we re told that sheshaq of the bible, an egyptian pharaoh, that he may have attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon. yes. around about 980 b.c. and there is one theory that he took away the ark of the covenant. this is where we get the indiana jones theory. he may have taken the ark back to the city of tanis. reporter: archaeologists find the evidence of that underwhelming and believe the ark is no more likely to be buried in the sands of tanis than locked away in a government warehouse. bureaucratic what did they say? they don t know what they ve got there. reporter: strangely enough, our search for the ark also brought us back to jerusalem, to the church of the holy sepulcher, the place christians