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Bluefin-21 still engaged in that fifth dive. overnight it reached new depths, a fourth dive. it reached some 4.7 kilometers beneath the ocean surface, instead of the 4.5 originally thought to be at the upper reaches of its depth capacity, and thats important. because as you may remember, it had to cut its first mission short because it reached waters that was too deep for it to be programmed to be able to handle, and therefore, it resurfaced. and this is a really critical area of the search, giv...

50 degrees fahrenheit. if it is that cold, even if its a little warmer, you really start talking about people only having a few hours before hypothermia becomes a very serious issue, potentially a lethal issue. theres that as well. this is hallways and rooms as any kind of ship might be. its not an easy thing to get into and search, especially when theres problems of wedge, difficulties on the seas. it is a gigantic challenge, hour by hour, the chances of anyone staying alive in these conditions...

For flight 370, the search above the ocean surface is set to wrap up soon. >> really its not that surprising that over such a vast area in such a long period of time that no debris has been found. its disappointing for us, absolutely. >> reporter: in beijing, chinese families of the missing passengers gathered for a prayer service in a hotel after chinese police prevented them from entering a park. family groups also published these documents pushing them to double-check the satellite data. pame...

Equipment that has to be cut, then on top of that, there would be a saw, a diamond saw that can cut. >> theres a diamond wire saw you can cut with. theres a metal blade -- a saw you can cut with. a lot of it is a combination of guillotine cutting, using jaws to -- like the jaws of life, sort of to rip things apart and to just get in there and attach and move as you have to. >> last but not least youll be down here for hours, maybe up to 15 hours. then theres the time to get back up to the surfac...

Lying to us again now. >> as the search for flight 370 enters its 42nd day. >> were going to intensify the deep water search. >> as teams pin their hopes -- >> if theres anything to be found on the surface, theyll find it. >> youre live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning. im carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. in south korea, the search is under way. arrest warrants have been issued in connection with the ferry disaster which left 28 dead and another 270 missing. that ship now comp...

Aircraft combing the indian ocean. cnns erin mclaughlin live for us this morning in perth, australia. erin, whats the latest? >> reporter: good morning, christine. well, officials so far still confident they are looking in the right place for the missing plane. as far as we know, the fifth dive still under way, the fourth having concluded overnight. and during the fourth, they reached new depths, some 4.7 kilometers beneath the ocean surface, instead of the 4.5 originally thought to be at the ve...

Avalanche struck some 50 people at more than 20,000 feet. climbers and guides have been setting routes and preparing rope when the avalanche hit. climbers arrive in april to get used to the altitude before heading toward the 29,000-foot summit. sherpas act as guides for the mostly foreign clients. still to come in the "newsroom," if the wreckage is in the bottom of the ocean, bringing it to surface will be a monumental at that timing. martin savidge has the story from 50 feet below the waters ...

People that survive the actual capsizing of the ship. three dangers that they face. one is the temperature, right? if youre in the cold water, youre not going to last for very long. another now is, as youre in that air pocket, youre going to use up oxygen, and the act of breathing is going to create a lot of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide toxicity is your main threat. so, for that nigerian chef, given the size of his air pocket, he could have survived for about 70 hours. and lucky for him, h...

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>> theyd probably get them from the commercial world. there are military towed sonar and civilian towed sonar. these assets are in use for industrial purposes and military purposes around the world. but you can get a couple of them in reasonably short order. >> peter, the australian prime minister said earlier that the search -- that they made need to reassess if nothing is found under water after a week of searches. what does he mean by reassess? >> i think theyre getting ready to pull back on ...