And brink of war. Why is the diplomatic deal being ignored . Im wolf blitzer. Nour in the situation room at this hour, we have fresh and dramatic information about what happened to Malaysia Flight 370 in the minutes it disappeared. We have crews standing by on four continents to bring you the latest information on the search and plus the fastmoving news from the ukraine crisis, the south korean ferry accident and todays deadly accident on mt. Everest. Our analysts are standing by here in the situation room. Lets go to malaysia where a source is giving c nchl n the most detailed understanding of what happened immediately after things started to go wrong aboard flight 370. Nic robertson is joining us live from kuala lumpur. The plane climbed to 39,000 feet after making the left turn deviation from its planned route on the way to beijing. What are we to make of that . Reporter once the aircraft reached 39,000 feet, it stayed there for 20 minutes as it began its flight across the malaysian pens lachlt the course was not able to give an interpretation or understanding of why the aircraft had made such a maneuver we had been told that it dropped in altitude and getting to a minimum of 4,000 feet across the sea and malaca straits. But the significance of this, again, does show control of the aircraft and does show that the person flying it knew what they were doing and perhaps not in an emergency situation. But those are the details that we have, that it was above or had just entered Vietnamese Air space when it climbed to 39,000 feet after completing the turn. Investigators say it really is not until they get the black boxes that they can make the determination more and better why that would have happened, wolf. Nick, youre also reporting that the plane was equipped with four emergency locator transmitters like this one that either didnt activate or werent picked up by the emergency monitoring satellite. Some are suggesting potentially that could be, what, catastrophic mechanical failure . Reporter again, the source says its not clear why they didnt go off. There are four of them. One on the rear door, one in the forward door, one in the cockpit, one in the fuselage. The source said that normally when they come into contact with water or when theres a crash, they automatically go off, they have their own independent power source while they are in the aircraft. Theres no reason that hes aware of that would mean that they didnt go off. They emit several different frequencies, ones that should be picked up more suitful for ships, one for aircraft. Again, what the source is indicating is that those were very odd, his words. I suggested to him that perhaps if the plane came down very carefully, well remember that 737 landed on the hudson river and came down very carefully, very slowly. Maybe the impact didnt trigger the locators to go off. Maybe it then sank before the water could set the transmitters off, that may have been the scenario. Again, he said he couldnt say but he thought that there would have been some water getting into the aircraft that would have triggered them. But what this does, wolf, it really just raises and he was highlighting more questions about this investigation. Every way you turn every strap and more information we get, it raises more questions but crucially, 12 questions about the elts, they havent got any answers. We wrote to Malaysian Airlines asking them. They said that they wouldnt comment on this information bhil its part of an investigation. Clearly if they had gone off, it would have made finding this aircraft so much easier. It certainly would have. Were following the deep sea Aerial Search for debris for the missing jet. It quickly resurfaced after a series of technical problems early in the latest dive. The problems were fixed. Miguel marquez is joining us live now from perth, australia. What did you see, miguel . Reporter wolf, despite that search focusing on what is happening underneath the ocean, keep in mind the surface of the ocean has gone on for hundreds if not thousands. We went out with one from the Royal New Zealand air force to see just how tough their day is. This is what the search for flight 370 looks like. Staring out windows and the monitors of hightech equipment analyzing data in realtime. All in the hopes of finding any debris. The search area is so unbelievably remote, it takes us almost five hours to get out here and we only have enough fuel for an hour and a half of searching before the nearly fivehour journey home. The air search may be winding down soon but right now the crew of this new zealand p3 orion is not giving up. If we dont find a piece of the puzzle, one of the reasons we are here now continuing to search is we may find debris that may assist the investigators to put together. About three miles down, the fifth dive cut short, a problem with the Navigation System could be fixed. We got a new look at the search drone undergoing maintenance on board the ocean shield. Search leaders say they have narrowed the area being scanned but the going is still slow and with no evidence yet of the plane malaysians defense minister tweeted the authorities are looking at deploying more underwater drones. Its been six weeks since flight 370 vanished. Search teams are feeling the strain. The crew worked hard. Everyone is working hard. We want our families back home but were, working for the families of those m370. Reporter no one suffering more than the families of those missing on board flight 370. Another sign of the tension as flight 370 families are pushing back at authorities and demanding answers. They are now asking investigators to address very specific questions about the satellite data that led them to the current search area. Now, its just a little after 5 00 a. M. Here in perth and we expect that the sixth dive of bluefin21 is about to conclude very soon. Then they will be able to download that data and go through it. Its chewed through 42 square miles so far. Nothing to show for it but Angus Houston in an interview with the local newspaper here says they are still confident they are searching in the right place and they will find it soon. Wolf . All right. Thanks very much, Miguel Marquez in perth, australia. Here in our situation room is peter goelz and tom fuentes. The fact that it went up in Vietnamese Air space as it was crossing back over the Malaysian Air force, the 39,000 feet from its 35,000, what does that tell us . Its more realistic than originally they said it could have climbed to 45,000 feet, which we were all skeptical about. But i think it just confirms a little more that this plane was under human direction and, you know, the mystery is still there but its under human direction and thats troubling. But we dont know if it was bad intentions or because of some sort of mechanical problem. Right. We cant tell that yet because we dont have the data. If it was in the Vietnamese Air space for 15 or 20 minutes or so, as far as i know we havent heard that they picked it up or heard it. What kind of relationship does the west have with the vietnamese . Would they have shared that with malaysia . With australia . Certainly with malaysia in the scope of the investigation, you would think. But one thing we dont know is what the source of it is. I wonder if we have human intervention on the radar units. What do you mean . Well, going back to the earliest part of this, humans didnt actually see what was on the radar the night of it. They had to go back later and figure out what they missed. We heard earlier the plane went up to 43,000, down to 20, back up to 35, made a smooth, left turn so it had to be on autopilot. I would like to know whose radar is this based on, whose analysis of the radar is it based on to know if its really true or just another story were hearing about what the plane might have done in the air. You want to weigh in . Yeah. And when youre tracking a plane on primary radar without the tansponder, there is a margin of error. And the further the plane is away from the radar, the higher the margin of error. So we just dont know yet. Weve been reporting and nic reported, there are four of these emergency locators. They are supposed to be activated if there is a crash. As far as we know, there was no activation and no one picked up any signals from these elts, as they are called. What does that say . We dont know yet. But these are not crash resistant. You can lose the antenna and they wont signal. For instance, when the ron brown accident occurred, the elt former secretary of commerce . Thats right. When that happened, the elt did not activate and it took them nine hours to find the wreckage. So its not unusual that they dont activate. But to have all four not activate, thats unusual. It is pretty unusual. None of these apparently worked. One thing wed like to learn later is just the whole maintenance regime of Malaysian Airlines just seems to be a lot of question about, you know, did they do the repairs that they are supposed to do or the regular maintenance that they are supposed to do. Theres a lot of questions with that that have not been answered yet. Now, the bluefin21 is now down its fifth mission. So far its not detected anything significant. Theres some indication from the transport minister that maybe they should add some more drones down there to do this search for at least the black box for some sort of wreckage s that a good idea . Sure. If its coordinated and done in tandem with the bluefin21. You dont want to have a lot of independent searches but certainly if you have another drone, you should put it down in coordination. I know they are frustrated, tom, but this could go on for weeks, the search under water. Its a relatively doesnt seem like a huge area but its relatively big when you look for something the size of this. Especially at this point, they are so early at this part of the investigation, to all of a sudden be talking about, well, its not working, lets bring in something else, that might be prema you are too. On the other hand, it is going to take a long time to get there and coordinate and put it on a different ship than the ocean shield and the crew that would have to come with it to set it up and program it and put it down in the water. So i think that, you know, that we dont know what else is available out there to get out there on a shortterm basis, how long it will take to deploy, what ship is ava veilable to get it to the site. Richard quest is joining us from new york right now. Richard, i want to get your thoughts on these two developments weve been reporting. One that it went up from 35,000, the Malaysian Airliner up to 39,000. It was in Vietnamese Air space for 15, 20 minutes. What do you make of that . The fact that it was in Vietnamese Air space is interesting but its probably not surprising because when we have good night Malaysia Flight 370, of course it was on the borders of that. And so within a few moments of that it would have crossed over after the handover, wolf, from kuala lumpur to ho chi minh. Now, the turn is what the whole story was about. What was happening at 1 19 to 1 22 when the transponder gets shut off. And if it seems that the plane climbed to 39,000 feet and then we get this supposed descent over the straits of malacca, it just makes the whole event that much more bizarre and difficult to understand, wolf. And what about the failure of those four emergency locator transmitters like this one . What does that say to you . Another Extraordinary Development seemingly inexplicable. The very tool that is supposed to tell people where the plane has had an accident or where theres been an impact, and now somebody will ask, were they switched off . They are not easily accessible so that raises another valid question about this. We know that there are four of them on board. They dont work under water but why they didnt report the impact if and when it happened will be one for the inquiry. The failure of the elt, wolf, has been one of the biggest conundrums in this drama. Richard quest, thank you very much. Peter goelz and tom fuentes, thank you. It looks like something from a movie but these are real images from a disaster at sea as it happened. There are new developments about the captain who abandoned the ship. They have just revised the death toll. And were also live in Eastern Ukraine possibly on the brink of war despite the agreement to ease tension. Which side is ignoring the diplomatic deal. Frequent heartburn . The choice is yours. Chalky. Not chalky. Temporary. 24 hour. Lots of tablets. One pill. You decide. Prevacid. 24 hour a short word thats a tall order. Up your game. Up the ante. And if you stumble, you get back up. Up isnt easy, and we ought to know. Were in the business of up. 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I know you have new information about the number of people missing, so many of them high school students. Reporter and this really speaks to the frustration of the families, wolf, because the numbers are constantly revising. Now, what has ticked up is the number of dead. There are now 29 people who are dead. We dont have identities on all of them. But what was revised down is the number of people who were rescued. It went down to 174. So that is where families are getting so frustrated because they feel that authorities dont have a handle of even the numbers of people involved in all of this. And this is happening as were starting to see even more images, these frightening images of those final moments inside that ferry as it was capsizing. You can see that people are clinging to the walls. They are trying desperately to maintain balance as everything is tipping over. Its simply frightening. You can see the students who are absolutely terrified. This is certainly not helping the families who are involved here. We are also getting new details about the captain of the ship. Overnight here in korea, which was yesterday, the United States, he was charged with five criminal counts. They are a variety of counts. Negligence leading to the sinking of the ship, abandoning the ship, causing Bodily Injury resulting in death and not seeking rescue from nearby ships. Deface reporters here in korea. He was handcuffed. He was arrested along with two of his mates and he did admit that he was the one who issued that stay put order, the one that the parents say resulted in their children staying in their rooms and not running to their decks but he said he did it because there were no rescue ships nearby and he was afraid of the currents and freezing waters. Wolf . One of the vice principals who was on board survived and then committed suicide because he felt so guilty. Is that what happened . Reporter it is heavy survivors guilt and thats something that is a huge concern here on the dock. You see these parents standing at the water. They are huddled in blankets. You can see some of them right over my shoulder. They are not left here. There are counselors here that are concerned about the risk of suicide. So what happened here, according to the local officials, the high school where there were 300plus students aboard for the fourday field trip, it was right nearby the gym where many of the families are gathered. He went and hung himself at a pine tree nearby. Wolf . Kyung, how many people are still missing . Whats the latest number . Do you have that . The number of missing is 273 but, wolf, as i was saying, those numbers are constantly fluctuating. The families are saying, the number is 273 now but will that change later in this is the start of the fourth hunt day of looking for more divers that will be able to access the ship which is now completely submerged and try to find more people inside. Wolf . Kyung lah, well stay on top of this story. Thank you. Were also following the crisis in ukraine. Prorussian militants are now rejecting an agreement to end their stand off with Government Forces while thousands of Russian Troops just over the border are adding to the tension. Were going there live. Plus, a private american jet, look at this, suddenly appears on the tarmac in iran. What is it doing there . [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts. Work with equity experts. Who work with regional experts. Who work with Portfolio Management experts, thats when expertise happens. Mfs. Because there is no expertise without collaboration. Hooking up the country whelping business run trains they haul everything, safely and on time. 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