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our breaking news, a cruel and stunning new twist to a horrific catastrophe. the airliner crash that killed 150 people in the french alps is now being called deliberate. the french prosecutor says the co-pilot wanted to destroy the aircraft. based on chilling cockpit audio, officials now say the co-pilot locked the captain out and ignoring the pounding at the door and the screaming that was going on put the plane into a descent that took it into a mountainside. the fbi has been called into the crash investigation and u.s. officials say intelligence agencies are still looking for a possible possible terror link. our correspondents analysts and guests are all standing by with the latest developments. but let s begin with our senior international correspondent, nic robertson. he s near the crash scene and has the latest. nic? reporter: well this was a day where the family members of the victims of that crash got a chance to get close to that site. they couldn t get all t ....
country. who stands to gain? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. stunning new details tonight about the co-pilot who prosecutors say intentionally crashed an airliner into the french alps killing everyone on board. based on evidence taken from the co-pilot s home officials now say he had an illness that he concealed from the airline and that he had been declared quote, unfit to work by a doctor. ripped-up medical leave notes were found, including one for the day of the doomed flight. the wall street journal cites a source as saying the co-pilot was being treated for depression by a psychiatrist and cites another source as saying he did not have a terminal illness. as the grim recovery work continues on the french mountainside where the plane disintegrated, german airlines are now taking steps to prevent the kind of deliberate cockpit lockout that happened aboard flight 9525. they are now mandating that two crew members must always be inside the cockpit ....
missing airliner may have flown for several hours after the last radar reading was taken. the hunt for the missing airliner is expanding to the west. the u.s. navy may send a destroyer to the strait, leading to the vast indian ocean where the white house now says a new search area may be open. during a search of clouded confusion and false leads turning into dead ends, anxious families grow even more desperate. we re taking a look at the role of the malaysian government giving conflicting accounts and holding back critical information. we have the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. our correspondents are standing by along with our analysts and experts. let s begin with barbara starr. she has new information. b barbara? wolf, u.s. officials are working with malaysians and there are pings, signals that they believe very strongly came from this aircraft as it was flying west away from malaysia. these pings are now being analyzed and it is what in great part leading t ....
havin xxxx also celebrities fending off paparazzi drones. packages, moved beyond the smartphone. thank you so much. thank you. hello again, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield at the top of the hour. these are the stories we re following. fresh new clues on the malaysian aircraft. prime minister will be meeting president obama. vladimir putin showing no signs of backing away from crimea. a new blood test could predict your chances of developing alzheimer s. researchers are calling it a game changer for research and treatment. first up search and investigators from across the globe to solve a baffling mystery, disappearance of the jetliner that vanished on the way to beijing 22 hours ago, 239 on board, including at least three americans. today investigators got two significant leads. one in the gulf of thailand. some floating objects in the area. search boats are on the way to the site right now. meantime malaysian military officials say radar data indicates the ....
there s only about a week left. because of that critical deadline an australian ship carrying a u.s. pinger locater and underseas equipment leaves for the search zone shortly and is expected to arrive there thursday. meantime in malaysia, families of those on board flight 370 voiced their frustrations with the way the crisis was being handled during an emotional news conference. paula hancock is in kuala lumpur. it was an impassioned press conference in this kuala lumpur hotel. the chinese relatives of the passengers of mh 370 arrived hours earlier at the airport sunday morning. they said they had to come to malaysia because they weren t getting the answers they wanted from beijing. they were wearing t-shirts that read pray for mh 370, pray for return safely. we want evidence, want the truth, want our families saying they are sad and desperate. his relatives said we want malaysia to apologize for inform is a that caused confusion which delayed the search mission and w ....