perhaps something may be negotiated here, in the main administration building that has been under pro-russian protesters control. they had seemingly agreed to at least clear out so people could go back to work. all things considered, wolf, no significant progress here as this crisis continues. arwa, thank you. arwa damon, reporting live from eastern ukraine. we ll have more on ukraine a little bit later this hour when gloria borger takes a closer look at vice president biden s trip. what it could mean back here in the united states. stand by for that. now to the search for flight 370. the visual search for the plane was called off for this day as a tropical cyclone moved through the search zone. the bluefin-21 under water robot is still under water, churning through its tenth search mission. time is running out. cnn s erin mclaughlin is in
jack hickey, john kimball, thank you, we appreciate it. pleasure. thank you, pamela. still to come, search crews are desperately trying to find wreckage from missing malaysian airlines flight 370. so far a high-tech robot scouring the ocean floor hasn t come back to the surface with a single lead. cnn s erin mclaughlin has the latest from perth, australia. reporter: hi, pamela. the under water robot has scanned two-thirds of this narrow search area. still no signs of missing malaysian flight 370 prompting many to ask what next. i ll have more on that after the break.
the emergency the pilots were placing and the inconsistent information they were getting. there was a great deal of information readily available. here we don t know whether the information was unavailable because it was disabled or turned off or due to electrical failure or some other cost. we just don t have that kind of information. let s talk about the apparatus or assets out there. right now there is incredible state-of-the-art technology being used searching for sonic transmissions and a giant under water microphone will listen for the pings and an under water robot will scour the ocean bed. obviously it is a lot of equipment. you said they could use more but still there is it is a glass half full i would imagine. you are absolutely right. this is the most equipmentt that we have actually seen employed
information we had with 447. the acars messages were sent in realtime. we knew the general location, we knew the emergency the pilots were facing, the inconsistent information they were getting. so there was a great deal of information that was readily available at that time. unfortunately here, we don t about whether the information was unavailable because it was disabled or turned off or due to some other cause. we don t have that kind of information and that will make it more difficult. let s talk about the assets out there. right now, it s incredible state of the art technology being used in the search. the british ship echo is searching for sonic transmissions and the australian ship, the ocean shield, has a giant underwater microphone that will listen for the pings. and the blue fin 21, under water robot, will scour the ocean bed. obviously, it s a lot of equipment. you said they could use more,
port. i toured the ship this weekend as crews outfitted the vessel with an unmanned under water robot and black box detector from the u.s. navy. the latest analysis of satellite and sonar radar has zoned in on this search area more than 1,000 miles off the coast of perth, australia. we got just very general information about where this aircraft has come down but nevertheless we re giving it the very best shot we can. reporter: the prime minister refusing to put a timeline on the search as distraught relatives of the missing passengers pray for their loved ones return at a buddhist temple in kuala lumpur. we owe to it the families of the 239 people on board. we owe it to the whole world which has been transfixed by this mystery now for some time. we will continue searching and we will keep investigating and we will never give up until we find out what happened to