Knowledge as to what happened to flight 370 . New claims coming out claiming the flight was still in the air some four hours longer than previously thought. The revelation could force a further expansion of the search that already spans 27,000 nautical square miles. This as american investigators are on the ground trying to find answers. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, more twists, more doubts. In an investigation that seems mired in confusion, this morning new claims that could vastly stretch the already sprawling search area. The wall street journal reporting an engine on the missing airliner sent data for four hours after the plane vanished from the radar. That means the plane could have traveled another 2500 miles in any direction. Malaysia is dismissing that report, though. Those reports are inaccurate. The last transmission from the aircraft was at 0107 which indicated
Its about the most inaccessible spot that you can imagine on the face of the earth. In a sea of possibilities. Was it hijacked . Was there an emergency . A special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Another day of disappointment in the search for that missing airliner, the cause, a motive, if there was one, still unknown. Its now been 14 days since the plane vanished and adding to the urgency, the dying batteries on the flight recorders. Just over 15 days from now the pings designed to help search crews locate them will start fading away. This morning crews were back out in the air and on the water scouring the remote area of the indian ocean for the object spotted on satellite images, unfortunately, they found nothing today. It is nighttime in australia now and theyre done searching from the air for the day. Cnns Andrew Stevens is in perth, australia, the hub of the crew. Andrew, the weather was good today. We were hoping
Reporting from washington. Russia is is now warning that ukraine could be on the brink of civil war. That warning comes as ukrainian troops began cracking down on prorussian demonstrators in Eastern Ukraine. As many as 70 people were arrested in an antiterrorism operation. Demonstrators had taken control of several government buildings during a Senate Hearing just a little while ago, secretary of state john kerry put the blame squarely on russia. No one should be fooled, and believe me, no one is fooled, by what could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in crimea. It is clear that Russian Special forces and agents have been the catalyst behind the chaos of the last 24 hours. Some have even been arrested and exposed. Equally as clear must be the reality that the United States and our allies will not hesitate to use 21st century tools to hold russia accountable for 19th century behavior. Well hear more from secretary kerry in a moment including a T
The grief grows. Families demanding answers as suspicion grows around the pilots. Someone on the plane put into the Computer System that sits between the pilots a new direction for the plane to go in. How seven key strokes could have changed everything. Youre live in the cnn newsroom newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. For the first time, a Foreign Government is admitting the military radar picked up malaysian flight 370 before and after the planes transponder was turned off. We know at 1 22 a. M. , march 8, saturday, the missing planes transponder was shut off. Six minutes later, the Thailand Air Force tells cnn the unknown signal popped up on the radar traveling in a different direction than 370s original flight path. Its signal was not broadcasting. It never entered thai air space. It headed back towards kuala lumpur. Then the signal was lost. This revelation casts new light on what may have happened. We are joined now with tom from washingto
The latest on what happened to Malaysia Flight 370. Then, putin stays put. Your move, mr. President. If this violation of International Law continues, the resolve of the United States and our allies and the International Community will remain firm. Remaining firm. About what . We talk to tony blinken, Deputy National security advisor at the white house. Plus, conservative activists host what amounts to 2016s first republican cattle call. You want to lose elections, stand for nothing. Its time for a little rebellion on if battlefield of ideas. Lets come out of this conference resolved to win elections again. And the winner is . This guy. I believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business. Our Political Panel reviews the rand paul verdict and weighs the implications. This is state of the union. This is cnn breaking news. Im Candy Crowley in washington with more on that missing Malaysian Airliner. Vietnams navy has spotted a new floating object off the countrys southw