we re not searching for a needle in a haystack, we re still trying to define where the haystack is. that s how australia s defense minister describes the search for flight 370 in the remote indian ocean. want to bring you cnn s saima mohsin from kuala lumpur and will riply in perth where planes are getting ready to take off, we hope. saima, first to you. what can you tell us about this so-called international working group, a group that the malaysian government is now forming to help narrow the search area? what s involved here? reporter: well, wolf, that still remains a mystery. that s all they ve told us so far. as you know, we get very little information in these press conferences, which is amounting to a lot of frustration for a lot of people, including us trying to report this story. and, of course, more importantly, the families that are involved in this. now, what we know is that this working group will be heavily reliant on the data that particularly countries like
wing. australia and u.s. aircraft reached the area today but so far have found nothing. visibility was limited because of rain and clouds. but search planes are due to return in the area at sunrise, that s just about five hours from now. and a norwegian cargo ship is continuing to hunt for the debris around the clock. officials stress the objects may just be ocean garbage, like a container that may have fallen off of a ship. but they also say the sighting is the best lead they ve gotten so far. our experience is that there is debris out there from ships for example falling overboard and other objects of that type. on this particular occasion the size and the fact that there are a number located in the same area really makes it worth looking at. but i don t want to speculate about what they are until we get there and we see them. the search crews will face serious challenges including the weather. jim schutto is joining us now. jim, exactly where are those two objects loca
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objects, photographed by a commercial satellite. australia s prime minister today defended the decision to announce the discovery. also reiterated the objects may not be from the missing plane. also, malaysian authorities now say they re aware of news reports, the pilot the of flight 370 placed a cell phone call only minutes before the plane took off. they say they have passed that information on to investigators. military surveillance planes and commercial jet two merchant ships spent hours combing through the search area today because of the remote location, planes can only stay over the area for about two or maximum three hours before they have to return to their base in perth, australia, about 1,500 miles away. our andrew stevens on the scene in perpth, when the first plane came in after a disappointing search. reporter: it s day two now of the australian-led search for missing flight 370, deep in the southern parts of the indian ocean. and what we re looking at here is
a female haas passenger has become the first victim to be identified and returned to her family. she was laid to rest a short time ago. indonesian officials confirm nine of the 162 people who were on that flight have been recovered so far. nine. also luggage, pieces of stairs and other metal scraps were collected today floating in the java sea. but the horrible weather and rough seas have made these efforts extremely difficult. right now the search is suspended because of the dark and dangerous conditions. officials warn that the pinger locaters on those critical black boxes only have 25 days of battery power left. we re covering the story from every angle. andrew stevens is at the new crisis member where family members in surabaya and indonesia. any update on the shadow of an object they thought they saw in the water? reporter: this looks like it holds the key to the mystery of where the main fuselage is now on the bottom of the ocean and what actually happened in the lead