Too surprising that they didnt find anything, that the bluefin21 didnt find anything during that search. It really only lasted about two hours on the ocean floor, covering what must have been a fraction of the 15squaremile area that was designated for the days mission, that area being the most probable place for the black box, that according to officials based on those pings that were heard last week. This is going to be a slow and painstaking process, that according to officials here. Nothing happens quickly in waters of this depth. And what happened in terms of the bluefin21 in its First Mission is it went down and it entered waters that were deeper than its capacity of some 2. 8 miles, and it was simply then just resurfaced. And according to the company, that its programmed to do that, its programmed to behave conservatively. So, we understand that technicians aboard the ocean shield now are adjusting that search field to more shallow waters, waters that the bluefin21s more capable
Says, under water with many people fearing with many fear that people could still be trapped. Lets get to Pauline Chiou live in hong kong with the latest deta details. The High School Students you mentioned were on their way to a Resort Island for a fourday holiday. At 9 00 a. M. This morning the ferry sent out a distress signal and then two hours later that ferry was just about gone. A desperate rescue after a crowded passenger ferry suddenly began sinking off the coast of south korea. More than 450 people were aboard the ferry. 325 of them High School Students from just outside seoul on a class trip to a nearby Resort Island. One student told the korean news network ytn he heard a loud bump before the ship started to sink. Shortly after the ship issued a distress call helicopters and boats including a ship from the u. S. Navy seventh fleet scrambled to assist the overturned vessel rushing to rescue the frightened passengers, clinging to railings, wait for help. These two passengers w
Lets bring in Michael Holmes live in perth, australia, for all the details. Good morning, michael. Reporter good morning to you, kate, from perth in Western Australia. Yes, thats right. Those four pings that were now pretty certain came from the flight recorders well, they havent heard anything since last tuesday nearly a week. And theyve given up hearing more. They now think that the batteries have gone flat and it is time to move in for a new phase. Ray shift in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 after three straight days, australian officials announced they will begin searching the seafloor with this underwater vehicle. We havent had a single detection in six days. Its time to go under water. Reporter the crew aboard the australian ship ocean shield will launch the unmanned bluefin 21 to map out the search area using its side scan seasoner technology. It will take the vehicle two hours to dive to the bottom. 16 more hours to search a roughly 16,000 square feet secti
Signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes on two separate occasions. I can tell you that ocean shield has been able to reacquire the signals on two more occasions. Late yesterday afternoon and late last night perth time. The detection yesterday afternoon was held for approximately five minutes and 32 seconds. The detection late last night was held for approximately seven minutes. Ocean shield has now detected four transmissions in the same broad area. Yesterdays signals will assist in better defining a reduced and much more manageable search area on the ocean floor. I believe we are searching in the right area, but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty that this is the resting place of mh370. For the sake of the 239 families, this is absolutely imperative. Today the ocean shield is continuing the slow, painstaking and methodical work to refine the location around the four acoustic detections. We are not yet at the point
In his official capacity the night of the manhunt, the night one of those young suspects was captured. He took me on a tour of watertown where that manhunt ended. So definitely, stick around for that. And a number, as i mentioned, a number of special people coming up live here in boston on this incredibly significant day. But other news we have to talk about here, the underwater drone, the bluefin21, it is back in the water this hour diving to the bottom of the indian ocean. It is a plunge into uncharted territory. Searchers are hoping its Second Mission will go a bit better than the first. That mission was stopped short after the bluefin reached its maximum depth forcing it to resurface. The 20hour underwater expedition lasted all of six hours instead. It aborted its mission about the sixhour point. What this vehicle was programmed to do on this mission was main tan an altitude of about 30 meters above the seafloor. Now, one condition that causes it to abort its dive is if it reaches