Erin burnett. Outfront tonight, two major plane stories were following at this hour, the mystery of how a teen flew more than 2,300 miles from san jose, california, to maui in the landing gear of a boeing 767. Well see how he did this. It was 80 degrees below zero. First, the details in the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Were awaiting the bluefin21 underwater search drone to finish its mission. That should happen any moment now and well find out did it find the plane . Tonight, though, some are worried, telling cnn while they are talking about if the plane is not found. Searchers have been focusing their efforts in one place, a tenkilometer radius around where they heard the second ping that they think came from one of flight 370s black boxes. So far theyve completed searching about twothirds of that area. After a week of hunting, they found absolutely nada. Its far from the only place theyve spent time searching. Weve shown you this. The search area in the indian oc
Weather. The bigger story is this huge temp. Temperatures plunging 30 degrees. Storms turning into snow. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. The bluefin 21, the drone submarine, could go back underwater at any time. At the moment, the weathers too rough. Searchers are eager to continue, though, despite the fact the bluefins First Mission surfaced early and turned up no new leads. Now, the sub did scan the water for about seven hours, but it had to resurface when it reached its maximum depth, about 2. 5 miles down. Also this morning, the malaysian government announced it will set up an International Investigation team to unravel the mystery surrounding flight 370. In kuala lumpur, malaysia with more on this. Good morning. Reporter hi, carol. The purpose of the International Investigation team is really to evaluate what exactly happened with mh370 and avoid such an incident in the future. The team will be made up of three specif
Bodies of so many people still on board. Statement reads in part quote we apologize to all the people grieving for the loss of their loved ones. We apologize to people who had injuries major minor due to this accident. It goes on. Once again we beg for forgiveness from the victims families and pray for the dead. The company saying we prostate ourselves. On the water divers and recovery crews spent a grim day bringing body after body out of that sunk jennifery back to shore. 87 bodies have been recovered so far. Many of them High School Students on their way to a field trip when the ship capsized. Translator the conditions are so bad my heart aches. Were going in thinking there may be survivors. We have to come back with nothing we cant face the families. Speaking for the families and all south koreans, south korea president says shes filled with rage and horror at the incident and the fact that the ships captain was among the first to leave. Translator the actions of the captain and so
Yet. It is before dawn in that part of the world. Crews onboard ships have been working around the clock. Slowly and methodically pulling a beacon locator through the water about 1,500 miles off the western coast of australia. We are going to go straight to perth now where cnns Michael Holmes is it has been four days, tuesday was the last day that any pings were heard. We have heard the australian Prime Minister express confidence, optimism about the search. The searchers that you meet with there, do they have that same optimism. Yeah. You know, they do, jim. They know that they are tasked with a very difficult mission. They go out every day and can you imagine going out and just scanning the ocean endlessly from aircraft onboard the various ships as well. It is a thankless task. They are taking it seriously. The ones we have interviewed have all said that they are going to continue with the same enthusiasm for trying to find a resolution to this tragedy that they have throughout. As y
Tonight we begin with break news out of south korea. An apology issued moments ago from the operator of the ferry that now sits under water with bodies of so many people still on board. Statement reads in part quote we apologize to all the people grieving for the loss of their loved ones. We apologize to people who had injuries major minor due to this accident. It goes on. Once again we beg for forgiveness from the victims families and pray for the dead. The company saying we prostate ourselves. On the water divers and recovery crews spent a grim day bringing body after body out of that sunk jennifery back to shore. 87 bodies have been recovered so far. Many of them High School Students on their way to a field trip when the ship capsized. Translator the conditions are so bad my heart aches. Were going in thinking there may be survivors. We have to come back with nothing we cant face the families. Speaking for the families and all south koreans, south korea president says shes filled wi