Majority of nationalities on board. Incredibly interested and have a great stake in the progress of the Search Operations, trying to locate that missing airliner. And i think that even though tony abbott was cautious in what he said he went a little further than any australian official has so far done in terms of describing the progress. Take a listen. We are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some kilometers. Our confidence in the approximate position of the black box is not the same as recovering wreckage from almost 4 1 2 kilometers beneath the sea or finally determining all that happened on that flight. But what Angus Houston, the man in charge with overseeing and coordinating the multinational search effort, he down played the Prime Ministers remarks saying essentially theres been no major breakthrough. However, he said that the search area has significantly narrowed down to about 18,000 square miles, which is still a big patch of ocean,
Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the major setback this the hunt for flight 370. Ten underwater missions, no plane. The location dubbed, quote, the best lead turning up nothing. Tonight officials scrambling to regroup. And cnn has exclusive new details what officials plan to do next. At this moment, were waiting for the breaking news from the bluefins tenth mission. Did it find the plane today . Well, the odds obviously are against it. Officials say theyre about to stop searching the area where the most promising pings have been detected. The air search of course also has turned up completely dry. Search planes are taking off at this hour again, but its looking unlikely theyll find anything. So now search officials are trying to figure out what to do next. Well begin our coverage with Miguel Marquez in perth tonight. Miguel, what are they going to do next . Well, theyre going to regroup, literally. Theyre going to if the bluefin cant come up with anything in the next couple days in t
The same length as one wing coming from a 777. That is getting ahead of where we are right now. Search planes headed to the debris field 1500 miles off the coast of perth to get a better look. But the Australian Maritime Safety Authority just minutes ago, they tweeted the crew has been unable to locate any debris thanks partly to limited visibility because of rain and clouds. That could hamper the search somewhat, of course. Still if you want a frame of reference for how far flight 370 may have gone if this is from the plane is 3,000 miles south of where i am. One official calls it the best lead that we have right now. Thats what that came straight from australian officials. We have seen as resources deployed around the world to bring you the latest this morning. Lets start with Andrew Stevens who is live in perth, australia, where it is a race against time to get visual confirmation of what those objects are in the water. Andrew, you were telling us that the planes are still out there
Off at this hour in search of missing malaysian flight 370. Trying to make up for lost time. Yesterday planes were grounded due to horrific weather in that part of the ocean. The planes are headed 1,500 miles southwest of perth, australia, to investigate possible debris sites in the southe southern indian ocean. Promising leads tonight and that is a big difference from recent nights. New satellite images from japan. The highest resolution and most sf sophisticated images out there. They have not released the images but heres what they said about them. Ten objects floating in a sixmile radius that are probably from the plane, the location where these images were captured is not far from where thai satellites captured images on monday. These objects spotted 125 miles away from a spot where the french satellite captured 122 objects on saturday. When you add this up, hundreds of objects in a relatively, for this part of the world, small space. Search planes are also investigating earlier i
Former Prime Minister tony blair. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room but we begin with breaking news. The Prime Minister of malaysia breaking his silence on the disappearance of flight 370. Youre going to hear his comments made to cnn. But first, the latest developments. The navys underwater drone is now scanning 10 of the search area but the mission is ending up with no trace of the airliner as authorities try to figure out what to do next. Malaysias Prime Minister tells cnn the report will be released next week. Our analysts are standing by here in the situation room. Our correspondents are standing by around the world bringing you the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. New details of a Terror Threat to americans in yemen. Lets begin with a cnn exclusive as Richard Quest sits down with the Prime Minister. Hes joining us live from kuala lumpur. Richard . Reporter good evening to you, wolf. Good morning at 5 00 in the morning on friday. The malaysian Prime Minister, we ca