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The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world's busiest trade passages, the canal authority's administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought. The measure follows a series of depth restrictions in the 50-mile (80 km) canal since the beginning of the year due to a drought, which authorities had hoped would ease by the start of the Central American country's rainy season. The new restrictions, which w...

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Technology that people have talked about. one are man submersibles. i would highly advise against that. it takes a lot of equipment for something that doesnt give you much bottom time and then you have towed sleds. there are pluses and minuses with those, too. i think if they are going to do it, they need to start doing it now because it is going to take weeks to get the equipment out there and to the search area. >> i want to ask you about the bluefin-21 because weve been questioning all week w...

Depth limit. what happens if the plane is beyond that depth? dont they design submersibles to go a little further than their capabilities? >> sure. they have a certain margin so it doesnt go right to the margin of capability and implode. it has limits. it cant go infinitely deep and the ocean gets quite a bit deeper than it does at this particular spot. in the event it is much deeper than what it has been operating at today they are going to have to call in other pieces of equipment that can go ...

Will abandon the search for floating debris. it will hinge entirely on the blue fin 21. not just once but two times. the first time it hit its depth limit. the second, resurfacing because of a technical issue. they did download some of the data and analyzed it once again. nothing found. so the wait, the lack of any information causing more frustration for the familyies fr the passengers on that plane. >> these are pictures of a video conference briefing with malaysian airlines, you hear the

We have also learned this afternoon that engineers now believe they can program bluefin to go deeper than originally planned. the probes first mission on monday was aborted after about six hours when it went below its current maximum depth limit. as the search goes on there are still many more questions than answers. and you have been tweeting us your questions by the thousands and weve got top aviation experts standing by to answer them for you. like this great question, what other assets exist...

Only six hours when it went below its current maximum depth limit. bluefin did not find debris on monday. and as the search goes on there are many more questions than answers. you have been tweeting your questions by the thousands and we have top aviation experts standing by to answer them for you. like this one, what other assets exist that could be used to locate the wreckage? >> we begin with more breaking news out of south korea. that countrys coast guard reports a passenger ship carrying 45...

Stick with the bluefin for now. its out there, youve got the team of experts working with it. they are collecting data, maybe not as fast as we would like, but they are collecting data, and hopefully they can get back going on track again soon. >> so far the data theyve collected and reviewed it hasnt shown anything significant but beginning that process of mapping out that ocean floor. whats the biggest concern you think the operators of the bluefin-21 have right now? >> well, you know, as weve...

Maximum depth limit. what happens if it goes beyond that? because dont they design these submersibles to go a little deep are than their capability? >> well, certainly, they have a margin built in so it doesnt go beyond the capability and implode. but it has its limits. the ocean does get quite a bit deeper than it does at this particular spot. so in the event that it is much deeper than what it is operating at today theyre going to have to call in other pieces of equipment that can go deeper. a...

Good morning, welcome to "new day," april 15th. the bluefin expected to dive into the indian ocean today after mondays submersible exceeded the depth limit. >> the signal that came to the co-pilotss cellphone while in flight is raising many new questions this morning. were doing to dive into this with ouring pertsmorning. but first, erin mclaughlin is live in perth, australia. good morning, erin. >> good morn,ing kate. thats right, the bluefin-21 cut its mission short after encountering waters d...