Is also scanning the ocean. The search above the water is moving full speed ahead. 14 aircraft and 11 ships were involved in todays search. And more frustration for the families of the 239 people on board the plane. Malaysian officials wont let them listen to the audio recording of the last communication between the pilots and air traffic controllers. They say its still part of the ongoing investigation. As we mentioned, the certain for flight 370 is a race against time. The batteries on the pingers from the missing plane were only expected to last about 30 days, maybe at tops 40 or 45. And this is day 28. Paula newton is joining us now from perth, australia. The staging point for the aircraft involved in this search. Paula, we know there is a sense of urgency surrounding this underwater search. But the process itself is oh so slow. And painstaking. Give us a sense of whats involved, and what the limitations are. Reporter well, you know, the commander in charge says its basically like
A lot, both on and off camera. Our justice correspondent pamela brown is in fort hood. Pamela, what is the latest tonight on what youre hearing . Reporter well, a u. S. Military official with direct knowledge of the investigation telling our Barbara Starr that that traumatic brain injury that lopez had reported actually came from a reported fall during patrol, not from a traumatic event related to combat. And john, we learned from military officials today that there was an argument that escalated between lopez and another soldier in the moments right before this shooting. Officials believe that was the impetus. And according to a father of one of the victims, it all started over a leave request form. Cnn has learned in the weeks before his deadly rampage at fort hood, Army Specialist ivan lopez was creating a stockpile of ammunition. Sources say when lopez bought his. 45 caliber semiautomatic handgun at this store, guns galore in killeen, texas on march 1st, he also purchased what one
Off over rome, on a runway in amsterdam, on the tarmac in johan johannesburg. Its a ghostly reminder everything ordinary can morph in an instant. Todays search has just gotten under way with 13 planes and 11 ships all looking for the aircraft. Sophisticated sonar equipment has been brought in. Time could not be more urgent because the pingers on the planes black boxes likely have only a couple of days of battery life left. Theres also some major news out of fort hood tonight. The father of one of the injured soldiers told cnn affiliate wlbt that the shooter specialist ivan lopezs stopped by the bases Personnel Office to pick up a leave form shortly before his killing spree but was told to pick up the form the next day. He later returned to that office, and he opened fire. That fathers son was hit four times. Lopezs family released a statement today, his father saying quote my son must not have been in his right mind. He wasnt like that. Tonight well drill down on the Mental Health issu
Motive . Hello, there, everyone. Im john berman. I am michaela pereira. It is 11 00 out east and 8 00 a. M. Where you are. I am already in trouble. We are four weeks in after Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared. The search turns in another direction, below the surface. Crews have dropped a pinger locator in the water. It is trying to pick up the chirps from the missing jets flight data recorders. It canic p up sound from two nautical miles away. Even if the boxes are 20,000 feet under the water. The technology should detect the pings. This, of course, all assuming tho tha tho that those beacons are emitting any signals at all. The batteries could be dead. There is also an underwater robot getting ready to go. It will search the seabed for wreckage if the ping locator picks up any signals. The crews can only guess where the plane might have hit the water. The equipment could be going in the wrong direction for all we know. Searchers taking a shot in the dark and in the deep. The be
Good evening on this friday night. As we bring you new details emerging late today about a moment a soldier became a mass shooter. Abcs david muir has new clues about the gunmans Mental Health and stories of survivors who described what it was like to be face to face with him. Once again, david is reporting from the scene at ft. Hood. David muir. Reporter diane, good evening. For the first time the detailed account from inside that room, those horrific moments when that Army Specialist opened fire. Tonight, a mother and father on their way to see their son, Sergeant Jonathan westbrook, shot four times. One of the first hit, he survived. The eldest westbrook driving from mississippi to texas, telling us his son revealing how it played out. He was shot four times . He was shot four times. Reporter what did your son tell you about what he witnessed before the shooting . The soldier had come into his office and hed had some words with my sons supervisor. And he was asking for a form to exe