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.
Obsession. Im talk to the son of one of the passengers. Well talk to two friends of the pilot. They say the man they knew would never deliberately crash a plane. Our bill story is of course flight 370. We are covering every angle with cnn reporters all over the globe. Sara sidner in kuala lumpur, David Mckenzie in beijing and Richard Quest with me. Dramatic developments that happened during our show last night where the search moved suddenly at least 700 miles north. Weve got this photograph from new Zealand Air Force from a plane, not a satellite. What is the significance of this picture potentially . Reporter well, its a very promising lead. But at this point we dont know if its actually debris from the plane. It is a floating object in the water. You could kind of see its rectangular in shape. And the plane that spotted it was actually a p 3 orion from new zealand. The lieutenant that saw it gave some brief comments as soon as he landed here. Take a listen. Yes, it sounds like were
U. S. And russia blame each other for the intensifying crisis. Is war imminent . Were live with whats happening right now. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im victor blackwell. Im christine romans. Nice to see you again today, victor. Good to be here. Its tuesday, april 15th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with the latest in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and the news breaking overnight that an unmanned underwater vehicle, this bluefin21, found nothing of interest during its first search of the floor of the indian ocean. That journey ended abruptly after just six hours, when the unmanned sub had to surface after going too deep. This morning, crews preparing again to put the vehicle back in the water for another 16hour trip, they hope, scanning for wreckage from that jet, missing now 39 days. Erin mclaughlin is live in perth with the latest on the search. Erin, they reached the maximum depth this submersible could go. Reporter thats right, christine. Its also importa
Plane. Our bill story is of course flight 370. We are covering every angle with cnn reporters all over the globe. Sara sidner in kuala lumpur, David Mckenzie in beijing and Richard Quest with me. Dramatic developments that happened during our show last night where the search moved suddenly at least 700 miles north. Weve got this photograph from new Zealand Air Force from a plane, not a satellite. What is the significance of this picture potentially . Reporter well, its a very promising lead. But at this point we dont know if its actually debris from the plane. It is a floating object in the water. You could kind of see its rectangular in shape. And the plane that spotted it was actually a p 3 orion from new zealand. The lieutenant that saw it gave some brief comments as soon as he landed here. Take a listen. Yes, it sounds like were getting into an area of interest. Obviously we dont know if these are associated with the aircraft yet but it certainly looks like we are seeing a lot more
Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the search for flight 370 in jeopardy. The bluefin hunt agent this instant after two attempts were cut short. The bluefin, which is supposed to stay in the water for 20 hours a dive was raised after only 11 hours this morning. Official says a piece of the bluefins equipment was low on oil. How can that happen . Also, major delays. Its been three days since we heard about an oil slick in the search zone. Only now is a oil finally arriving at a lab in Western Australia for testing. Michael, the air search just resuming at this hour where you are. But obviously more than 40 days in now. No debris proven to be from the plane. When are we expecting the next update from the bluefin . Yeah, were expecting an update any hour, really. Its normally in this hour, in fact, erin, that we get the update from the search headquarters. As or to the bluefin itself, well probably hear than once it is up and they start downloading the data. This i