In the ferry sinking. At least 87 are confirmed dead. 215 people are missing and most of them are high school students. The ferry at least 30 feet below the ocean surface. Look at the conditions. Divers struggling to search the freezing, murky waters. Theyre now trying to get into the cafeteria where officials believe most of the students were when the vessel started to capsize. South koreas president is calling the actions of the captain and crew members, quote, akin to murder. The captain and six others are now under arrest but no amount of retribution against those in charge of the ferry brings comfort to parents who have lost a child. Heres our kuang lah. Reporter the first police boat returns from the search site. Parents waiting, bracing. They return one by one in identical, plain, white bags. Behind the screen, initial inspection. A blanket to cover. A short march back to land. Parents rush to the white tents to identify their children. You must have said, daddy, save me, weeps
City after the marathon attack honored at this hour by the president. We will bring it to you live. Hello, everybody. Im john berman. Did you hear his smile throughout that whole read. We have those stories and so much more at this hour. It may very well be the best at this hour ever. Well get to the red sox in a little bit. We can finally tell you word for word what was said between the cockpit crew and air Traffic Control. The night they vanished with 239 people on board. It has taken 25 days to reach this. Thats worth a pause to note. 25 days. Cnn has obtained the official flight transcript. It raises new questions about why the malaysian government initially provided an incorrect version of the final signoff from the cockpit resivising it from all right, good night, to good night, malaysian 370. We are also learning that malaysian investigators are convinced someone in the cockpit or on board the plane was responsible for that sudden turn off course. A government source tells cnn a
First. Hello. Im michaela pereira. Im john berman. Those stories and more at this hour. Were beginning with Major Development out of australia right now. A sheet of metal with rivets is being examined as we speak. The big question is it a piece of wreckage from flight 370 . Thats what authorities are trying to figure out. The socalled object of interest was recovered today on the coast of Western Australia about 186 miles south of perth. Meanwhile, deep in the indian ocean, the high tech submersible drone is completing the tenth underwater mission so far. Its found nothing after scanning 80 of the search area. Just a short time ago, malaysias government announced its forming an International Investigation committee. We are in the process of identifying the members and their accredited representatives and recruiting members for the team in accordance with international standards. Well announce the name of the members next week. It is imperative for the government to form an independent
As unpresscedented mh370 was. This is almost as undes prenlted the information came to us. And this will be used as Lessons Learned how to run an investigation like this. I found it interesting. As we have been discussing this. We are talking about the condition of the body. Whether the body. Some had clothes. Some were clothed. Some werent. That does give you an indication as to what happened. That is a very pertinent question that you ask in an accident investigation . In my investigations what i request. Because the the searchandrescue teams typically go in there and deem with the body. A lot of times as an investigator the bodies have been reap moved when you go there. One of my requests is that the bodies stay until some one gets there. Again the families and, of the victims, want to make sure this doesnt happen again. So you dont want to disturb that site. You want to make sure that the clues that are necessary. That you can get from the body are, are documented before the bed ar
Of another missing passenger airline. Were talking about a routine flight in Southeast Asia over the water, suddenly disappears without warning. So far still, no trace. Lets reset, run down what we know at this hour. Still a lot of questions, but we know that the search has resumed. The weather has gotten better for the search and rescue crewing. They were able to talk off again at dawn joined a coordinated effort on the air and the water in the general area where the plane was last tracked. These anguished people family members, loved ones in indonesia waiting for any word about their family members. 162 people on that plane, most of them from indonesia also Seven Members that were flight crew on board. Big part of this investigation at the stage involves the weather. Very bad weather. They were flying through thunderstorms, one of the captains lost contact with the ground was to request to move higher to go to 38,000 feet to try to get around some of that horrible weather. The airlin