Flight 370 theres a lot going on right now. Experts are analyzing new possible debris found in the search zone in the southern indian ocean. These are the actual photographs. These are not satellite images. Several ships are heading to the area to recover objects that were spotted. And i asked the new zealand air commander just moments ago about all of this. In about two hours time, there will be four ships in the area. And there may be a new potential for a break in the investigation three weeks after the jet vanished. Our correspondents and analysts, we have a lot of new information to share and put into context. Theyre here in the situation room and around the world covering all the breaking story. First, lets go to our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Jim . Well, wolf, we may now know why the search for that malaysian airliner has come up empty so far. Thats because Officials Say they may have, for this last week, been searching in the wrong area. They stress, how
Now since the boeing 777 with 239 on board vanished from that flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. Tonight well hear from a naval commander involved in the search, take you aboard the p 8 poseidon which spotted some of the debris today. And well demonstrate right here on the studio the technology of those socalled black boxes use to lead searchers to them. First the latest from our kyung lah at search headquarters just outside perth. Kyung . Reporter anderson, we can hear the turboprops of the military planes starting up here at the air base. We dont have the official schedule of what the search is going to look like, but we know that they are going to be heading to the new search area which has already revealed some intriguing clues. Five planes, including this american p 8 poseidon, cnn was aboard, spotted possible debris floating in a new search area today. Raising hopes search crews are closer to what could be the final resting place of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 the. The object
Set to be better, not quite as choppy or dangerous as to the other further south search area. But the bad news is, essentially this has been a waste of time. This past week of all the man hours, all the flight hours and efforts to find all of those satellite images to get the eyes on all of those satellite images, now theyre essentially saying theyre not calling the images debris anymore. That is where theyre at. Theyre essentially in so many words back to square one, and cnn aviation correspondent, former Transportation Department inspector. And aviation analyst, miles obrien, since were starting at the top of the hour people may just be joining us. Miles bring us up to date. Weve just had this press conference from the capital. Although they dont come out and say this has been a waste of time. They do acknowledge they have abandoned the search area that all the worlds attention has been focused on. A waste is a waste, there is no question, you know, obviously the good news in all of
The previous search area. This move is based on analysis of radar data from before radar contact was lost with the plane. Apparently the plane was going faster than previously thought and that means it burned fuel faster as well and didnt fly as far. The search operation is still based in Perth Australia and our Andrew Stevens is there live with the latest. And quite a surprise from the folks running the search there when they made this announcement a couple of hours ago, andrew. That would be an understatement, natalie. Quite an extraordinary turn of events given that there was so much effort and energy being focused in that in an evernarrowing area of the southern end of the southern corridor down there in the indian ocean. Then to suddenly come out and say that, in fact, the real area of interest is some 700, 1,100 kilometers north is now due west of perth so that is a major, major move and this is what they australian transportation investigation chief had to say about the reasons
Theres trouble in the cockpit. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with a stunning new turn in the hunt for flight 370. Here are the latest developments. Forget the old search zone. Theres a new search zone, 680 miles to the northeast. Much closer to australia. Authorities say new analysis of data shows the airliner could not have flown as far as previously thought. Planes which were unable to confirm sat lime images in the old search zone have spotted multiple objects in the new area. We are awaiting results of the scrutiny of those photos. Aircraft are getting ready to return to the ship zone. China says one of its ships has arrived in the new search area. Our analysts and reporters are all standing by here in washington as well as around the world with the kind of special coverage that only cnn can deliver. Lets begin with our aviation correspondent rene marsh with the very latest. Rene . A sudden shift in focus. Again, this search zone has moved and Authorities S