report. the full investigation, that whole review not expected until later this summer, can only imagine what more we ll learn then. michelle, thank you very much for starting us off this morning rnlg also breaking overnight. another blow to families hoping for any sign of flight 370. the agency leading the search says the plane is not in the 330-square mile search area off of western australia where that bluefin submersible has been looking. that s where pings had been detected last month. but really stunning about face, that promising lead, as they described it, is now in doubt as well. a u.s. navy official telling us the pings were not from the plane s black boxes at all. will? kate, certainly a punch in the gut for the families of flight 370 who this whole time had been thinking that there was a promising lead with these possible pings detected in the southern indian ocean. this is the area the bluefin-21 has been spending hours and days
very dangerous, yes, in the overnight hours, but especially through the afternoon again today and into the overnight again. and as the sun rises, our hearts go out, they re saying at least 13 deaths now because of the storms. thanks, indra. now the search for flight 370. the bluefin submersible is now on its 16th mission, looking for any sign of the missing plane in the indian ocean. to date, it has found nothing. meantime, the australian prime minister announcing a new phase of the operation, an intensified, broadened underwater search, utilizing now also some private contractors. this process is expected to take six to eight months, so the long haul here. our anna coren was at the prime minister s announcement and is live in cambria this morning. what is the latest? what can you tell us about sort of the new phase, now that they have found nothing that initial search zone? reporter: yeah, a great deal of frustration and disappointment here, poppy, because they haven t been able
onslaught. all right. anyway, take a break here. new day with a d , still, a rescue operation but troubling new information. listen to this. of the 46 life boats, only one was deployed. we re also hearing passengers were told to stay put while the ship was going dounder. we re going to talk with a retired coast guard captain. scanning the seafloor for flight 370. the challenges both above and below the water for getting the bluefin submersible to operate at peak efficiency. big challenges ahead. millions of peaches, peaches for me yoplait. it is so good you ll want a different peach everyday.
have to readjust their plan but keep looking. back to you guys. miguel, are they confident they re looking in the right place? reporter: well, this is the best information they have. look, they have a series of pings in the south indian ocean. the strongest ping and the most likely area where that plane is, that s where they re beginning that bluefin search. they have now determined using the echo, the ship, the bottom there is about 4,600 meters, about 16,500 feet down. wow. reporter: they have reconfigured the bluefin-21 so it can go down to those sorts of depths, and they believe now they are really ready to begin scouring the bottom of that ocean and get a very good sense of it. we may hear news today. it s about that time they will have gotten through that and we may have news before the sun goes down here. back to you. keep us posted. miguel marquez, thank you. as miguel was talking, the search for the bluefin submersible, it is a slow and painstaking process. it wa
extraordinary al qaeda gathering seen first here on cnn. did the u.s. completely miss it? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this cnn breaking news. we again with the breaking news in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. a second mission by the unmanned sub, scouring the indian ocean floor cut short because it was running low on oil. the bluefin-21 now back in the water but no sign of the boeing 777 or the 239 people on board missing for 41 days. we have our correspondents and analysts here in the situation and around the world. bringing you the kind of coverage that only cnn can. straight to perth, australia, michael holmes joining us live right now. what s the latest, michael, that you re seeing and hearing there? reporter: yeah, wolf, the bluefin submersible, as you said, had another problem on its second descent to the ocean