Being on. Lets reset at the top of the hour now. Im anderson cooper. Thank you for joining us. Were following two major breaking stories that the hour. The downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 that killed 298 people in ukraine. And im wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. The other major story, the breaking story we were following, the crisis in gaza, where israel launched a major ground offensive and it continues. A lot to get you up to date on in this hour. President obama today laying out the priorities and the aftermath of the Airline Crash in the ukraine. The priorities, learning the truth first, he say then acting. There has to be a credible International Investigation into what happened. The u. N. Security council has endorsed this investigation and we will hold all its members, including russia, to their word. In order to facilitate that investigation. Russia, prorussian separatists
and ukraine must adhere to an immediate ceasefire. Evidence must not be tampered with. Inves
Sweeps through a ferry with hundreds of people on board. Why are authorities now launching a criminal investigation . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. The indonesian government officially asking for u. S. Help in the search for that missing airasia flight. The pentagon says it could include planes ships, perhaps underwater devices and the massive search is about to get under way for a third day as dawn is breaking over the java sea where officials fear the plane crashed with 162 people on board. We are covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and expert guests including the former head of the National Transportation safety board, debra hersman. We begin in surabaya indonesia with cnns Andrew Stevens. Andrew, give us the latest. Reporter brianna, as you say, dawn is just breaking here in surabaya. And the search aircrafts will be back in the air in the moment now. They have about an hour
ased victims bodies are recovered and flown to russia, airline officials quickly seem to rule out human error and technical problems with the plane. the airlines are blaming anything except them. so when they talk about outside influences, it could be either a technical problem not caused by them by the manufacturer or in the case what i think they re implying here is terror. reporter: but russian investigators say it s too early to make any conclusions. former head of the ntsb peter golz agrees. we have the company speaking, i think, out of line saying that their aircraft was in perfect condition and there was no problems. then you have the egyptians who are saying, well, it broke up mid flight. but there s absolutely no sign of terrorism. i think all of those statements are inappropriate and ill-timed. reporter: isis is active in this part of the sinai peninsula. and the group has claimed responsibility. it s unlikely, but i wouldn t
as in i feel something and i m responding to it. it s the reaction to the perception of what s going on in front of them. so that s where the first initial reaction comes in. that can be changed. a lot based on how much they rely on their equipment. so if you overrely on what you see on the screen it may not give you the best picture of what s in front of you. so it s the perception of what is ahead of them that is so critical for the pilots. they have a lot of choices that they can make. turn around continue through, climb or descend or try to go around it. but that s the when most errors are made that cause accidents is when that perception is reacted to improperly. if you re a frequent flyer, peter, chances are you ve been through rough weather. fly i fly a lot. i ve only been through one downdraft where it felt we were falling out of the sky. where can things go wrong?