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Think about what its like if you were to go to denver and hike around the foothills of the rockies there, thats what youre getting. a strain on all people trying to reach the location and strain on getting out with everything. it will be a tremendous amount of work. overriding all of it right now, john, is the urgency to get in there and get flight data and voice recorder because thats what will explain what actually happened to this plane because we know now it was in good repair based on an en...

Its the not knowing that just really destroys you. >> with me now a former managing director for the ntsb peter. >> welcome, peter. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. the beacon battery for the flight data expired in december 2012. it was not replaced. important because that beacon is designed to send a signal if a crash occurs in the water. did the hundreds of people straining to hear a ping in the indian ocean know that? >> well they didnt know that. it really is unforgivable. what it ma...

What are you learning about how this happened? >> reporter: good morning, jose. we are learning about how it may have happened and hearing from passengers aboard that flight and their fears as they watched the frigid waters get closer and closer. one woman in the front of the plane, felt unprepared for what possibly was coming. worried she might never see her family again. today those passengers 127 of them on board, a lot of them saying they feel very lucky, very blessed. and the port authority...

Abcs david kerley has the details. >> reporter: out on the southern indian ocean these ships are still searching for malaysia 370, one of aviations greatest mysteries. after that frustratingly long search for the wreck of the airasia jet. a new plan aims to keep this from ever happening again to a jet flying over water. the national transportation safety board wants jet line toers transmit their location more often or a flight data location more often so rescue crews have a smaller area to searc...

Divers have found the tail section of airasia flight 8501. the planes flight data and voice recorders, the so-called black boxes are loaded in the tail section. but there is no guarantee that those boxes will be found in the debris. it really depends which part of the tail section was found. and were learning we need to be finding the right-hand side. a palestinian man is sentenced to three life terms for his conviction of planning the kidnapping and murder of three israeli teenagers last year...

Speak with your eyecare professional to... ...upgrade your lenses to transitions ® signature ™ . 12k3w4r50erkz 12k3w4r50erkz. >> were going to update you on a search for air asia. crews have found what they believe is the airliners tail section. were looking at the first glimpses were getting from under water of what divers found. ships and planes are now heading to this area where the tail was found and n whats described as the secondary area. the planes flight recorder so-called black boxes...

>> lets update you on our top story. crews have found the tail section of air asia flight 8501. ships and planes are now focusing on the area where the tail is found, known as the secondary area. the flight data and flight recorder so-called black boxes are located in the tail section typically. >> we have no idea whether the black boxes have been found in the tail. heres what we know so far. this is what the ceo is telling us. its important to figure out which part of the tail section was found...

The planes flight data and voice recorders, the so-called black boxes are loaded in the tail section. but there is no guarantee that the boxes will be found in the debris. they have to try to retrieve them. but at this point we understand they are in the right-hand side of that tail. well sliding oil prices are taking a toll on a number of countries with already weak economies, russian and venezuela to name two. china, on the other hand is benefitting from the low cost of oil. venezuelas presi...

Theres a lot happening. lets get right to it. our lead story this hour. >> this morning officials are hoping improved weather conditions will help the recovery efforts for airasia flight 8501. the head of indonesias search and rescue agency says the focus is on underwater detection. ships from indonesia, malaysia, singapore and the united states are using high tech equipment to search the java sea for wreckage from the jet. several planes are searching the area but one of indonesias air safety i...

Fighting severe weather and huge waves, but still scrambling to find more victims and the fuselage of airasia flight 8501. officials say it could still take a week or more to locate and recover the planes flight data and voice recorders. and cnn has learned the "uss fort worth" could be dispatched to the search area today. david molko is tracking latest developments for us from surabaya surabaya indonesia and joins us by phone. >> hi john. a difficult day here in surabaya night has just fallen. ...