Link the debris to mh370. Special equipment from the United States. In australia now racing to the search sight. A toad pinger and its mission, to find the black box before the pingers stop. All of it in the size of denver, colorado. Are we any closer to finding flight 370. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. Breaking news and a significant headline in the search for flight 370. A very large possible debris field has been spotted. With clear weather today, more planes and ships are joining the search. Heres what we know. This latest lead comes from french satellite images taken on sunday. 122 objects spotted. Some are three feet in length. Some almost 75 feet, about the same size as the wing of a boeing 777. Now, theyre scattered across an area the size of denver, colorado. Almost 1600 miles off the coast of australia. It is a new glimmer of hope on this 19th day of the search but the urgency only grows as the
“… None Of the Ships Sunk Would Ever Fight Again.”
“The scene to the newcomer was foreboding indeed. There was a general feeling of depression throughout the Pearl Harbor area when it was seen and firmly believed that none of the ships sunk would ever fight again.” This was a haunting sentiment from Captain Homer Wallin, the man who would lead the salvage effort.
Admiral Chester Nimitz, named Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) days after the attack, flew to Hawaii to take command. He landed in Pearl Harbor on Christmas Day. His briefings had prepared him, or so he thought. Awestruck, he remarked, “This is terrible seeing all these ships down.” The ceremony installing Nimitz as CINCPAC was held on the deck of the
united states navy has that s run by their salvage division of naval sea systems command. they are able to employ those in the event of one of the navy s planes go missing but it s also you know, has obvious civilian applications here. but combining the blue fin with tpl 25 which is the black box detector, those are essentially in the region for contingency purposes. you have to pretty much know where the aircraft is before either of those pieces of equipment would be very useful. understand. sam lagrown, thanks so much. we appreciate it. thank you. still to come on the nutrisystem room, president obama newsroom, president obama showing a united front in the ukraine am we ll show you those remarks after we take break. co: i ve always found you don t know you need a hotel room