Look into this. they looked at human resources documents that were dumped online by the hackers and cross-referenced it with other information in order to come to this conclusion. but as you heard the ceo say, they re pretty convinced by their theory. pretty interesting. we really want to get to the bottom of this. absolutely. we ll keep digging along with you. pamela, thank you. coming up we have more on the crash of airasia flight 8501. we ll take a closer look at where the debris was found. we ll show you the different underwater devices that may be used to retrieve it. later on our panel of experts will answer your questions about flight 8501. stay with us.
Tore up in-flight at 32,000 feet and the debris is spread over a very, very big area, then it gets more complicated. but if any way it actually is more or less intact until it hits the water, 100 feet of water, the big parts, the things you want to know about, the engines, the cockpit, the electrical systems, all those things, they re going to be right there. they re not going to go very far. a current isn t going move an airplane. it s not strong enough. tom, thank you so much. the ceos of airasia and malaysia airlines have one thing in common their worst nightmares came true when a major plane crash happened on their watch. what they don t have in common is the way they handled those disasters. we ll take a look at their differences in leadership and we also want to hear from you. sen your questions to #8501qs. we have our team of experts here to answer your questions later this hour.
Airasia officials say the focus now is on the recovery effort. the search area is about six miles from the plane s last known location. analysts say finding the cockpit voice and data recorders, the so-called black boxes, is key to trying to figure out what went wrong. a u.s. navy ship has arrived in the search area. the uss sampson was dispatched following a request from the indonesian government. the pentagon says another ship the uss ft. worth is also getting ready to deploy. the discovery of debris and bodies is devastating news for the families of the passengers and crew. while watching a live news conference on television relatives saw a body among the wreckage. one woman had to be carried away on a stretcher. hospitals in indonesia are preparing to help identify the bodies being recovered from flight 8501. in the meantime divers and ships equipped with sonar are being sent to the area where the debris was located. cnn s andrew stevens reports on
He s a former host of the apprentice asia who bought the airline for less than a buck. but now he s facing his biggest challenge. the story from cnn s poppy harlow. reporter: tony fernandez is living the moment every airline executive dreads. we are very devastated about what s happened. reporter: airasia s ceo since 2001 fernandez tweeted more than a dozen times in the hours following the plane s disappearance. this is my worst nightmare. we will go through this terrible ordeal together. our concern right now is for the relatives and for the next of kin. reporter: the approach of airasia s ceo thus far stands in stark contrast to that of malaysia s ceo after mh-370 disappeared. it is a boeing 777 wide body twin jet. our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members.
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