We really wanted to tell the story of the ocean shield as it moves out into the indian ocean. A special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. New this morning, a break through headline. All 227 passengers from Malaysia Flight 370 have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Thats according to the Malaysia Police chief. So far 170 people have been interviewed as part of their criminal investigation and more interviews are expected. Still, 26 days into the search there are no clear suspects. As we have sit here, only the passengers has been cleared. The rest, no. The focus of the investigation remains on those pilots and those who had access to flight 370 before it disappeared. Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson joins us with more from kuala lumpur. Hi, nic. Reporter hi, carol. What were seeing is a correlation between the actions that have been taken by Malaysian Airlines to improve security on board their aircraft which is
It was during this hour exactly one week ago we first found out that plane was missing. We now know its last communication took place an hour after takeoff from kuala lumpur. Ill explain what were looking at. According to the New York Times report we have tonight malaysian military radar shows the plane climbing at that turn to 45,000 feet. That altitude is above the approved limit for this type of aircraft. Were going to talk about why thats so significant later this hour. The radar track then shows the plane descending unevilly to 23,000 feet as it approached the highly pop pew rated Penang Island towards malacca towards the indian ocean. Another very Significant Development is what youre looking at between those in those two white boxes. Our Barbara Starr reporting breaking at this hour. The plane then continued to fly on one of two possible flight paths. As you can see a dramatic turn to the right or toward the left. Officials say the plane flew either in a northwesterly direction
The latest numbers we have here, two dead and 24 others hurt. We have heard from new yorks mayor bill deblasio saying several people are also missing, but he will not speculate on that possibility number. The blast happened right around 9 30 this morning. The local Utility Company said it was called out to the location for a possible gas leak, but the explosion happened before the trucks arrived. Lets get to the breaking news. New development in the other story we are following for you that we have been following for days now. The latest in the search for the missing 777, Malaysian Airliner. It appears malaysian officials still do not know where this plane was flying when it vanished with 239 people on board. With each and every clue comes more confusion. Heres what we just learned. Malaysian police are questioning the man who hosted these two iranian nationals in kuala lumpur. The national who is had the stolen passports who boarded the jet. We have more on that angle as we learn that
Linked to the group that took 52 americans hostage in iran and held them 444 days. Now, hes seeking a visa to come to the United Nations as irans ambassador. Should the u. S. Let him in . Welcome to the lead. Jake tapper has a little bit of laryngitis. I think he sounds like barry white. His doctor disagrees, so im sitting in. Australia, the base of operations for missing flight 370 which disappeared 27 days ago after taking off from his country with 239 souls on board. The Prime Minister is the one who broke the news to families more than a week ago that investigators now believe that plane went down somewhere in the indian ocean. Malaysian officials, of course, have taken heavy beating, criticism for their handling of this baffling mystery. And more ships are on the way to the search zone as we e speak. Pentagon spokesperson tells cnn the u. S. Has spent nearly 3. 5 million on the search. Thats just for everies in the air. U. S. Hasnt spent a dime yet on undersea operations. Lets bri
Grounding all flights as Malaysia Airlines speaks to families. The fullpage ad. Words of support. Deeply saddened. Sincerence condolences. Will never be forgotten. A special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Developing news this morning. New satellite images. This picture taken on march 24th. It shows a debris field with 300 objects. Couple that picture with the next two images. They were taken by australia on march 16th. The fourth image was taken on the 18th. The chinese satellite snapped an unknown object. And this past sunday a french satellite spotted another large debris field. The common denominator in all of these pictures, they were all taken roughly within the same area. Some 1600 miles off the coast of perth, australia. Tom foreman is in washington to map it all out for us. Good morning, tom. Hi, carol. You are hitting on the main point. That they are all kind novembofe same area. You see the immense job of reading into these. This isnt being d