sweeps through a ferry with hundreds of people on board. why are authorities now launching a criminal investigation? wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar. you re in the situation room. we re following the breaking news. the indonesian government officially asking for u.s. help in the search for that missing airasia flight. the pentagon says it could include planes ships, perhaps underwater devices and the massive search is about to get under way for a third day as dawn is breaking over the java sea where officials fear the plane crashed with 162 people on board. we are covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and expert guests including the former head of the national transportation safety board, debra hersman. we begin in surabaya indonesia with cnn s andrew stevens. andrew, give us the latest. reporter: brianna, as you say, dawn is just breaking here in surabaya. and the search aircrafts will be back in the air in the moment now. they
with dawn about to break off the coast of indonesia, search teams preparing to resume the hunt for bodies and wreckage from airasia flight 8501. it s been more than a week now since the airliner plunged into the java sea and rough weather still is plaguing the recovery effort. sonar has located what may be several large pieces of wreckage from the plane. searchers may have just found the airliner s tail which holds the critical flight and data recorders. our correspondents our analysts our special guests are standing by with full coverage. i ll speak live in a few moments with the pentagon press secretary, rear admiral john kirby. but let s begin with cnn s gary tuchman who joins us live from surabaya in indonesia. gary? reporter: wolf the sun rises here in surabaya in about 15 minutes. with it another search day will begin. the hope is that divers are able to get under water in the java sea for a significant amount of time it s believed the divers are needed there to get m
local media says she s a teacher. her i.d. was still attached to her body along with an initialed necklace. she s among nine bodies recovered so far. after a small break from bad weather, strong winds and heavy rains are again hampering the search for more bodies and more wreckage. arrival of monsoonal storms and unpredictable eruption to bad weather are holding back the divers and their investigation of a so-called shadow on the ocean floor. without confirmation that it is the bulk of the airliner officials say it could take a week at least to locate those so-called black boxes. the pingers helping to locate them go dead 25 days from now. andrew stephens is at the new crisis center set up for family members at surabaya dez s airport as the grim task of identifying bodies continue. reporter: a na a frustrating day for the searchers and families of the relatives, so desperate now to see the remains of their loved ones and commit them to the ground and to seek some sort of cl
with a new day about to dawn in the java sea, the search is about to resume for the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. bad weather continues to hinder the search effort although two more bodies have been recovered and sonar has located more objects which may be part of the airliner. this is exclusive new video aboard the uss sampson. one of the american warships taking part in the search off the indonesian coast. even as the weather slows the recovery operation there are new questions about the dangerous conditions that flight 8501 encountered and whether the pilots were properly briefed. our correspondents analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage. but first, let s take a look at the latest developments. search teams aboard the uss fort worth detected two metal objects below water. but dangerous weather conditions monsoon rains, muddy water and poor visibility are making the urgent search in the java sea extremely difficult. divers weren t deployed tuesday bec
confrontation. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following breaking news, the investigation into the plane part that washed up on a reunion island in the indian ocean. now new debris has been located remnants of a suitcase that washed ashore. police now say it s part of the investigation as officials try to determine if wreckage from flight 370 has finally been located. there are now growing indications that may in fact be the case. sources now telling cnn boeing investigators are confident the wing component call a flaperon is from a 777 set like the mh370 jet, from the number you see in the newspaper corresponds to one of the jet s components. we re covering the breaking news and much more this hour with our correspondents in key locations, our experts guests, and our special analysts. first, let s go to our aviation correspondent richard quest, who begins our coverage with the latest. richard, what are you hearing? we now know pretty much it s part