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malaysian officials, ones that have amplified the grief for the families. we re learning more about the boeing 777 and its flight path. the plane was equipped with four emergency locators designed to go off if it impacted with land or water. it s odd that it did not get picked up by the monitoring system. flight 370 made that turn while in vietnamese air space and its altitude rose to 39,000 feet and stayed there for about 20 minutes as it flew over the malaysian peninsula. our pamela brown has all of the latest developments for us. reporter: now under way, a sixth dive. this bluefin-21 underwater vehicle is still the best hope for finding the missing plane. a fifth dive ended soon after it went into the water. a problem with the navigation system had to be fixed before it
her voice. we have heard her say just tell us, are they alive or dead? are they alive or dead? that is the basic question that officials cannot answer at this point. agonizing way for those family members that are waiting onshore for any sign of their loved ones. paula hancocks, thank you very much for the latest. we ll continue to cover this story today. talked about the apparent arrest warrant for the captain. much more to come on this. first, almost six weeks after malaysian flight 370 disappeared, this is what we know at this hour, the bluefin-21 is back looking for clues on the ocean s floor. this is its fifth dive, the first four turned up nothing. so far, this sub has gone it alone but a malaysian official says more unmanned subs could join the search later. this as frustrated relatives of the 239 people on board are turning up the heat on malaysian officials. they ve come up with a list, a list of 26 questions that they want answered at a meeting that is scheduled to ar
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news in the search for malaysia flight 370. a change this the flight path at a possibly dangerous altitude. a senior malaysian aviation source telling cnn that the plane had crossed into vietnamese airspace when it took that initial turn. so giving us more detail on exactly when that happened. at that point, the plane then climbed to 39,000 feet, which is at the upper end of its safe flying altitude. the plane maintained that altitude for about 20 minutes over the malaysian peninsula and then began the descent to about 4,000 feet. not all the detail you need to know, but more than we had known before. and from there, investigators believe the plane then flew for another six hours. another major development today is that the best hope for finding that plane, the bluefin 21 is about to finish its sixth mission. the fifth dive was aborted shortly after launch due to problems with the navigation system. we ve had now several
beneath the water instead of the original thought depth capacity of 4.5, and that s significant, because it had to cut its first trip, first journey into the water short because it reached waters too deep. now it s been reprogrammed and able to travel a greater distance. it means it could reach some of those areas that officials believe is most likely place that they could find, potentially find the black box. but again, this morning, bluefin-21 coming up empty. we understand it s currently engaged in a fifth dive now. just a couple of days ago, the australian prime minister, tony abbott, was quoted as saying that it will take the bluefin about a week to exhaust their most probable leads, and then officials here are going to have to assess things from there. christine? all right, erin mclaughlin. thank you, erin. the flight 370 families are still demanding answers from investigators. they held a prayer service in beijing. cnn s ivan watson will be live with details on that and what t
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