In the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. And the breaking news the search for flight 370 is back underway. It was suspended 24 hours ago because of stormy conditions in the southern indian ocean. The weather has now improved. Cnn forecasters tell us strong winds and currents might still be a serious problem. 2 1 2 weeks after the plane vanished investigators cant afford anymore delays. Analysts are tracking every new development here in the situation room and around the globe covering the story as only cnn can. Lets go first to jim sciutto. Within the hour some new advanced equipment is going to be arriving in australia from the u. S. To help potentially aid in the search including unmanned submarine pinger locaterer. We are told they are so far from finding where the plane went down, no closer we are told by the pentagon. This happens as many victims families frustrated and anger. Today the Malaysia Airlines ce
An increasingly tense situation in Eastern Ukraine just hours before some of the key players in this conflict prepared to meet face to face for the first tim time. Hello, and good to have you with us, we begin in south korea where the coast guard says nine people are dead, almost 300 are missing after wednesdays ferry disaster. Yeah, divers are searching now off south korea, southwest coast but theyre fighting dangerously cold waters, swift currents and low visibility. More than 300 of the passengers were High School Students, on their way to jeju island for a field trip. Now, parents say they are angry that authorities are just not doing enough. And survivors are talking about their harrowing ordeal. People tilted, even came sliding down. At first, the water was really cold. I didnt feel the coldness that much. So i was staying put. But suddenly the water came up to my face. So i think it was a narrow escape from dying. Youre supposed to be still. And then jump onto the boat but since
Trip. At least four people are confirmed dead in the disaster. A figure almost certain to climb higher. 164 people have been rescued. Right now, boats, helicopters and divers, theyre frantically searching the frigid waters for the nearly 300 people. Mostly High School Kids who are still missing. This video which cnn cannot authenticate appears to show a scene inside the vessel as its sinking. It shows people with life jackets. Andrew salmon is joins us live from seoul with the very latest. Families are frantic for information. What is the very latest . What are you hearing . Youre absolutely right, wolf, people are frantic, adding to the dimension of this tragedy and the early stages of the search and rescue operation. It was reported that a great number of people and all the students had been rescued, but as the day wore on, we discover this information was completely incorrect. The majority of people are still missing and very large number of the students. I cant give you the exact n
And good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. I want to begin with breaking news. The United States formally asking malaysia for more transparency in the missing flight 370. Defense secretary chuck hagel called minister of defense and encouraged the government to share what they know as soon as they know it. So far, the investigation has been full of malaysian authorities withholding Key Information or denying it and causing more confusion. As for what we do know today, the whole act may have been carefully planned. We have just learned the sharp left turn it the plane made was programmed into the planes software. A Law Enforcement official tells cnn the first key turn off the scheduled route was almost certainly programmed by somebody in the cockpit. So who was that somebody . U. S. Officials saying an initial search of personal computers and email traffic from the pilot and 27yearold copilot of the missing plane have found nothing so far to indicate they planned the change. U. S. Offi
Broadcast. And its the first potential it is the first potential breakthrough in the search for a plane thats been missing for nearly two days now. The focus is on a stretch of water just south of vietnam on the gulf of thailand. Vietnamese crews have spotted this piece of what may be from malaysia air flight 370. Ships from 11 Different Countries are searching for more, including the u. S. S. Pinckney. Hundreds of families continue the agonizing wait. These parents in indonesia likely lost their 25yearold son. At the same time, investigators are trying to figure out the Real Identities of two passengers who boarded with stolen passports. We have two reports this evening beginning with seth doane in beijing. Reporter malaysian Officials Say they are reviewing radar that indicates flight 370 may have turned back toward malaysia just before losing contact with controllers. It was definitely to establish what exactly has happened. Reporter rescuers in the air and on the water continue to