poseidon. can you tell us what you saw, what it was like? any possible debris sightings? reporter: i can tell you that we were. the plane that i was on that i just stepped off was one of the planes that did spot some debris. the debris was spotted right as we were entering this new search zone. as we were dipping low to take a look at it, we could catch i caught a glimpse of what it was on the high-tech camera, the position on the p.a. plane. it looked like at least the one part of it that i saw, it looked like some white rope or debris. i couldn t quite make it out. from what the pilot was telling us after, what they spotted was a group of white debris, and
high level delegation from the government who will be heading here soon. they plan on stopping by the consulate to get answers about when they will be here. these are high ranking government officials along with the malaysian airlines representatives and finally going to be here in person. they have been communicating a lot over the phone and the internet and passing and sharing information. as we get closer, we hope to find something. they will be here to help coordinate the efforts and help coordinate things when families start arriving if there is confirmed wreckage. in perth, we talked about on the pictures, remember now the handful of debris sightings, not a single piece has been found visually. not a single piece has been verified as flight 370. is this making the case that searchers are in the right area?
new debris sightings and a more focused search area still haven t answered a key question about the missing jet liner. why did it fly for hours and hours to one of the most remote areas on earth. cnn s martin savidge plays out a haunting scenario from inside a boeing 777 flight simulator. reporter: morning, carol. it s called the zombie plane or it s called the ghost plane or the plane without a brain. whatever you call it, it is an aircraft that is now no longer in human control. here s a scenario in which it can happen. the plane would have reached cruising altitude. everything seems normal when suddenly there can be some sort of alarm. could be a fire alarm, could be an alarm that signals a sudden decompression in the cabin. either way, immediately the pilot and co-pilot go into
tracked the plane down the southern corridor, a location that has become the scene of several debris sightings, all those none has been confirmed yet. now it is stressed families are lashing out in anger. let me read part of their statement. quote, the airline, malaysian government and malaysian military have been putting off, holding back and covering up the truth of the incident as well as trying to deceive passengers families and the world. if our 154 relatives aboard lost their lives due to such reasons, then they are the real murderers that killed them. despite today s devastating news that all lives were lost, the investigation moves on asthma laz dwr asthma lazian investigators remain committed to finding out what happened. joining me now, richard quest. i want to talk about this report of the plane flying at a
located two objects in the australian search area. one circular and one recognizeç rectangular. each is in the vicinity of the search area and it is possible the objects could be received within the next few hours or by tomorrow morning. that is the next step, getting a ship to see if they can check out these debris sightings to see if in fact they can find the debris and if that debris came from an airliner. this has been a complicated part of the search coordinating what the aircrafts see with what the ships find. the current can be swift and move these objects around over a considerable distance over a short period of time. the u.s. navy is not waiting for confirmation. they are preparing as far as their equipment goes and bringing in a deviceç they