Too surprising that they didnt find anything, that the bluefin21 didnt find anything during that search. It really only lasted about two hours on the ocean floor, covering what must have been a fraction of the 15squaremile area that was designated for the days mission, that area being the most probable place for the black box, that according to officials based on those pings that were heard last week. This is going to be a slow and painstaking process, that according to officials here. Nothing happens quickly in waters of this depth. And what happened in terms of the bluefin21 in its First Mission is it went down and it entered waters that were deeper than its capacity of some 2. 8 miles, and it was simply then just resurfaced. And according to the company, that its programmed to do that, its programmed to behave conservatively. So, we understand that technicians aboard the ocean shield now are adjusting that search field to more shallow waters, waters that the bluefin21s more capable
Search for flight 370. This morning, australias Prime Minister says hes confident that the signals crews are hearing under water are from the planes black boxes, and he says they could be within just a few miles of finding them. Also this morning, the search zone has narrowed once again, just 18,000 square miles. This is so much smaller than the area they were looking in before, this as they race against time to find the flight recorders before their batteries run out, if, in fact, they havent run out already. Our Senior International correspondent, Matthew Chance, live in perth with the latest this morning. Whats going on there, matthew . Reporter well, theres been a lot of activity, of course, in the search zone, which as you mentioned has narrowed significantly over the past several days to an area which is much more manageable, i suppose, for the dozen or so aircraft and dozen or so ships that are currently scouring, including the australian vessel, the ocean shield, thats been usi
New information and indication here is of those two iranian men who boarded this plane with stolen passports. One is 18, who was trying to join his mother in germany. The other is 29 years old, he was trying to get to denmark. Investigators say the mens motive appears to be illegal immigration and not terrorism. But the head of the Central Intelligence agency says theyre not ready to rule out other terrorism links to this plane just yet. Listen to this. This is not the time to relax because we know there are terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against especially against aircraft. At this point, youre not ruling out that it could be terrorism. Not at all. That was john brennan speaking as the search turns to the western part of the malaysian peninsula. This is new information just coming in to cnn. Still, no answers from distressed family members. Tensions boiling over between the families and representatives of Malaysia Airlines in beijing today.
Tragedy of 9 11 have been seated in the minds of many people. And this is not the time to relax, because we know there are terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against especially against aircraft. Has there been chatter that would indicate any kind of terror link in this mystery . I think theres a lot of speculation right now. Some claims responsibility have not been confirmed or corroborated at all. We are looking at it very carefully. We, cia, are working with fbi and tsa and others, our malaysian counterparts doing everything they can to try to put together the pieces here. But clearly this is still a mystery, which is very disturbing. And until we actually can find out sort of where that aircraft is, we might have an opportunity to do some other forensic analysis that will lead us in the right direction. At this point, youre not ruling out that it could be no. Some sort of terror not at all. Not ruling out. He says not at all. The head of inter
New turn. This morning, a major shift in the search for wreckage. Australia moving their focus just over 680 miles northeast. Australian authorities describing it as new and credible information. It indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previousliest mated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south. Reporter this moves the search hundreds of miles closer to australias coast, giving the planes more than the previous one to two hours of search time. The new search area remains considerable and the search conditions although easier than before, remain challenging. Reporter the new search area covering 123,000 square miles. The waters there reaching depths of about 2 1 2 miles. It needs to be continuely adjusted. And the likely drift of any wreckage floating on the ocean surface. Reporter the full search back on today after yesterdays weather. Dedicated to the search, ten aircraft and six ships from six countries. Australia also shift