Survivors. Authorities are still calling this a searchandrescue operation. Although i have to point out, no survivors have been pulled from the frigid waters alive since right after the ferry went down last wednesday, and conditions for divers are worsening by the hour. Translator the conditions are so bad, my heart aches. Were going in thinking there may be survivors, when we have to come back with nothing, we cant even face the families. 121 people are confirmed dead. Another 181 are still missing. And most of the bodies recovered, were now told, were wearing life vests. Now that we know, will, that these search teams have gotten into the ferrys cafeteria, what is next for them . Reporter well, sadly, brooke, its horrible to say, but likely what we expect to happen now in the coming hours is to see more of these shifts coming back to shore, bringing with them the people who were in that cafeteria, trapped in the cafeteria as the water was rising. So many of these Young Students were
Narrow the search zone, again, word on that any time now. Were also hearing from flight 370 that it was the captain there on the left, not the first officer, who uttered those worded to air traffic control. That has gone back and forth, remember, from others who said it was the copilot. And they suggested that the plane descended sharply after crossing the malaysian peninsula. That and much more, lets start with Michael Holmes, so the air force michael detecting another signal after the other four that were heard. How did they detect it . Yeah, it is fascinating, anderson, what they are. They are called sonobuoys, or buoys, they are dropped from the aircraft and are being spread around the search area as an added tool if you will. Electronic ears, listening to anything from malaysian flight 370. They can carry up to 70 of these, peppering the ocean field. One has already picked up four pings from the towed pinger locator. They drop a line down from a thousand feet and listen basically.
Broadcast. And its the first potential it is the first potential breakthrough in the search for a plane thats been missing for nearly two days now. The focus is on a stretch of water just south of vietnam on the gulf of thailand. Vietnamese crews have spotted this piece of what may be from malaysia air flight 370. Ships from 11 Different Countries are searching for more, including the u. S. S. Pinckney. Hundreds of families continue the agonizing wait. These parents in indonesia likely lost their 25yearold son. At the same time, investigators are trying to figure out the Real Identities of two passengers who boarded with stolen passports. We have two reports this evening beginning with seth doane in beijing. Reporter malaysian Officials Say they are reviewing radar that indicates flight 370 may have turned back toward malaysia just before losing contact with controllers. It was definitely to establish what exactly has happened. Reporter rescuers in the air and on the water continue to
The most dramatic day yet in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. In our crime and punishment segment tonight. Well have late breaking news in the flight of 370, two passengers on the flight from kuala lumpur were passengers, were traveling on stolen passports and had tickets purchased by an iranian middleman. J shoe jim sciutto joins us with more. Whats the latest youre hearing about the possibility of terrorism and stolen passports . The latest weve received in the last hour, im told by a u. S. Official that there are more and more indications that the loss of mh370 is early in the investigation. More and more signs are being reported that it is not a terror event. They keep all lines of investigation open, malaysian authorities passed on to u. S. Authorities, some of the biometric data from these two men that travelled on stolen passports, including their thumb prints which have now been received by the fbi, and the fbi will now run through a u. S. Terror database, to make sure that no
Roughed up va officials at a rare hearing on capitol hill last night. Lets bring in White House Correspondent my zell kosinski. Michelle, few things as angry as a lawmaker who is not responsible. Im sure they all had their hackles up last night. Wow, this hearing lasted four hours. It was just anger, frustration, at times emotion, these members of congress toward representatives of the va. They were asking these great relevant questions and for some reason the va just could not answer. In part, it was concerning this new official report on the phoenix va where the scandal broke. And now reaction to it is just exploding. How you can stand in a mirror and look at your in the mirror and shave in the morning and not throw up. Its unforgivable. Theres question about destruction of documents and you dont even know who did it or the motive. Reporter the anger from congress overflowed. This is nearly a decade of excuses. The house is on fire, and nobody is going to survive. All of you, i think