Skirted, veered off course, disappeared. The device picked up two separate signals, said to be just like those emitted by a planes voice recorder. From perth australia, where the search efforts are based. So fill us in on the latest on what were learning about the detection, how long those signals last, if, in fact, those signals could be coming from those two black boxes. Yes, certainly a promising lead. No confirmation of flight 370. We know the ocean shield detected those signals over the weekend. The first one for two hours and 20 minutes. They had a lock on it for a significant amount of time. The second one, less than 15 minutes. What theyre doing now is theyre trying to reestablish contact, to see if they can get a lock on these signals again and try to box in the area where they suspect these data recorders might be. Authorities, as you know, will, theyre using words like encouraged, promising. Theyre also urging caution, as you correctly point out. What will it actually take b
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following multiple, critical new developments in the search for flight 370, now missing for five weeks. Among the latest developments, searchers are searching the ocean with the bluefin21. With daylight breaking in the area, the air search is about to resume. Also, cnn has now learned that the first officers cell phone was on around the time the plane vanished. Experts call that unusual. The phone was detected searching for a service by a malaysian se cell tower. And an oil slick was discovered near where signals of the possible black box were detected. Our analysts are covering every angle of the story. They are around the world covering stories only as cnn can. Lets go straight to perth, australia. Cnns will ripley is with us on the new phase in this search. What is happening right now, will . Reporter its 5 00 a. M. Here in perth, wolf, and were following several developments occurring today. The bluefin21, the submersible, is about
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
Flight. Lets get the latest for you. Cnns Andrew Stevens is in surabaya indonesia, where that doomed flight took off on sunday morning. Hello, andrew. Reporter good morning, carol. Yes, youre absolutely right, enormous frustrations for the search crew here. They just havent been able to catch a break with the weather whatsoever. In fact what theyre having to do is work around the weather, when theres a clear patch, maybe an hour two hours, they get in there and do what they can. The wind whips up again, the rain comes back the seas rise up again and they just have to ride it out pretty much so very very frustrating. There was a glimmer a few hours ago, tony fernandez, the head of airasia sent out a tweet and it says were hoping the latest information is correct and that the aircraft has been found. Since then theres been virtual radio silence. Obviously it hasnt been found. Theyre still searching for that elusive shadow. The best way to go about it they say, is to pick up a ping from t
Weather, strong winds and heavy rains are again hampering the search for more victims and wreckage. The arrival of monsoonal rain and its unpredictable eruptions of bad weather holding back divers as well and their investigation of a socalled shadow on the ocean floor. Without confirmation that its the bulk of the airline nah, Officials Say it could take a week to locate the socalled black boxes thachlt contain the crucial information that will explain what caused this plane to crash. In the meantime search crews have pulled more debris from the water including two black bogs a great suitcase and pieces of stairs. Today additional search vessels are expected to arrive in the region including a ship from singapore with enhanced underwater detection. Cnns gary tuchman has more for you from indonesia. Reporter from the air and on the water, this morning weather conditions improving enough to give search teams a small window to continue the arduous task of locating the wreckage in hopes of