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June 17, 2024
Yes, an extraordinary crowd here. What numbers were they expecting . It looks like a different reception for a man who would not be in this position very much longer. Most certainly. I cannot count the numbers but the estimates were up to about 150,000 people here for Pope Benedict. We believe able be making some reference to his retirement but the bulk of this address will be spiritual, referring to lancent, the run up to easter. This whole historic departure of Pope Benedict xvi will be runnin...
June 17, 2024
We really wanted to tell the story of the ocean shield as it moves out into the indian ocean. A special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. New this morning, a break through headline. All 227 passengers from Malaysia Flight 370 have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Thats according to the Malaysia Police chief. So far 170 people have been interviewed as part of their criminal investigation and more interviews are expected. Still, 26 days ...
June 17, 2024
Feet. Searches of the area resumed today after a delay caused by bad weather. But the last planes have now returned to base without finding anything definitive. Meanwhile, specialized equipment for the United States arrived in australia today. The equipment includes a blue fin underwater vehicle that would be used if and where officials discover where the plane went down. A possible debris field is raising hopes of locating flight 370, but officials warn, finding anything from the plane could st...
June 17, 2024
We are getting some new details aboard the chaotic scene aboard that ferry from crew members who were aborted as it sank. Divers are pulling more victims from that submerged boat. 121 bodies have been recovered so far. Our will ripley joins us with the very latest from jindo, south korea. Good to have you with us, will. Tell us what you the crew members are saying. What kind of comments are they making. Reporter well, john and michaela, theyre speaking out for the first time, talking about what ...
June 17, 2024
This was the Prime Minister of malaysia saying all lives were lost and clearly these families are very upset by that, saying they want an apollogy for that announcement. They said they wanted to meet members of boeing, they wanted to meet the technical staff to find out whether or not there was a problem with the aircraft. They said the fact that they havent been able to meet with any of the technical staff makes them think something could have been wrong with the aircraft. The message is they w...
June 17, 2024
Found ten objects, 26 feet long by 13 feet wide. Their pictures, they come from yesterday. Some officials in japan are reportedly saying they believe theres a high probability they could be linked to the missing jetliner. Great developments. Search planes had to pull back early from the search zone today because the weather conditions were just too brutal. A half dozen ships however are still out there looking. Again they have the challenge of dealing with low visibility. Theyre hoping to have t...
June 17, 2024
Patience has already run out long ago is the families of those on board the airliner. A group of families met again with airline and malaysian officials, the mother of a missing passenger is not happy. She says they keep telling her the same thing. Nothing useful. Its still an hour and a half until sunrise in perth, Western Australia, thats when search planes will take off once again on this the 37th day since flight 370 took off from malaysia and vanished. Well go straight to perth and cnns Mic...
June 17, 2024
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Australian search coordinators say they are taking seriously what may be underwater signals now picked up by two ships hunting for the black boxes from Malaysian Air flight 370. Officials are warning caution saying it is too early to determine if indeed they are coming from the planes wreckage especially since they were heard in different parts of the ocean. A third sound was recorded by an australian Ship Operati...
June 17, 2024
Like this from ed. It says if flight 370 landed intact on the Ocean Surface would it be completely crushed by the intense pressure as it sank to the bottom . I want to go right to cnn reporters in the search zone michael, i will start with you. What are you hearing in perth about the search efforts . Its ongoing, as you said. The planes have headed out. There they are searching that area as they have been now for weeks. The ships are out there, too. More than a dozen ships. One ship that is towi...
June 17, 2024
At this point rescuers and families have to hope and pray that survivors have found enough air to live in what was once the bottom of the hull of that ferry boat thats gone down off the coast of south korea. Its urgent enough that south koreas president today told rescuers to hurry. It appears there will be plenty of blame to go around and there will be time for that, like how and why the captain got off the vessel so soon and why so many lifeboats went down with the ship. The passengers includi...