for flight 370 is ramping up this morning as the clock ticks down on that remaining battery life on the plane s black box recorders. it is estimated they will only ping for about 30 days, and time is running out. as christine said, about six days left. ten aircraft, ten ships will be scouring the search zone in the indian ocean today west of australia, looking for any sign of flight 370. australian officials had described four orange objects spotted sunday as a promising lead, but they ve just confirmed to cnn they are not related to the plane. they re just pieces of fishing equipment. this morning an australian vessel, the ocean shield will make its way to the search area, carrying a high-tech u.s. navy pinger detector that can scan under water for the black boxes. australia s prime minister, tony abbott, says if the flight 370 mystery is solvable, they will solve it. he spoke exclusively with cnn s atika shubert. atika joins us live from perth, australia. atika, what s th
christine romans. i m john berman. 5:00 in the east. we do begin with the latest on the flight for 370. and the news that broke overnight that once again, search crews have heard signals, possibly from the jet s black boxes. two noises were detected by the united states equipment on an australian ship. only for a few minutes this time. the signals were weaker than they had been before. that in itself could be revealing and it s being called a positive sign and likely at this point the best chance to find flight 370. perhaps within a matter of days. cnn s erin mclaughlin live with the latest. and it seems again from the body language from the announcement overnight that they seem fairly optimistic that these signals are coming from the black boxes and they are narrowing down that search area. john, this is very encouraging news. angus hughson is the man responsible for coordinating this search effort. he gave a press conference earlier today. hear how he characterized thes
very little by not fixing an ignition problem that it knew about for years. at least 13 people may have paid with their lives. hello, everyone. i m john berman. i m michaela pereira. it is 11:00 a.m. in the west and 8:00 a.m. in the east. we are getting confirmation all passengers are being cleared of any role in the incident with flight 370. coming from malaysia inspector general. he reveals that the criminal probe has focused on hijacking, sabotage, personal and psychological issues. his investigators are saying all the passengers have been cleared. we re also learning the criminal investigation into the plane s disappearance started on march 16th. that s about eight days after the flight from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished with 239 people on board. that criminal investigation, despite the fact that all the passengers have been cleared, is continuing. new developments in the search for the wreckage. authorities have again shifted that search zone. this time, they
with australia s prime minister. this is a very, very difficult task but nevertheless we re giving it the very best shot we can. and if anyone can find this aircraft, it s us. how long can this be sustained realistically? the effort is ramping up. not winding down. but it s now a race against the clock as the battery life fades on those black boxes. both of those devices have been emitting a ping for several weeks. we believe they only have about a week of battery life left you re live in the cnn newsroom . good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me this morning. the search intensifies for malaysian airlines flight 370. ten planes and 11 ships scour the southern indian ocean for debris. malaysian officials confirm the most promising lead those four orange objects found over the weekend nothing more than fishing equipment. this is malaysian motors calling on the united states to deploy more military assets to the search zones. australia s
church s view on divorce with one word don t. but did pope francis change the way the church regards divorced people with a single, surprise phone call? good afternoon, everyone. i m jake tapper. welcome to the lead. we re going to begin with the world lead, could a mysterious object found just off the coast of australia, be the long-awaited clue investigators have been looking for in the search for flight 370? no pictures have been released of this so-called object of interest, and malaysian officials say it s too soon to tell if it s the real deal or a false alarm. pamela brown joins us now with more. while we wait to hear back, is wore on how the underwater search is going? malaysian officials saying over the next two days, jake, they re going to be working to figure out what the next phase of the search should be. i think that s telling. of course, there is that debris you mentioned found on the shores of western australia. still waiting to hear from investigators w