Families Receive Devastating News on MH370
WOLF BLITZER:  CNN ANCHOR: It's the news that relatives of those on flight 370 have been dreading for more than two weeks now. Today, Malaysia's prime minister said new and ground-breaking site analysis says the plane went down in the southern Indian Ocean. The news was devastating to family members of the 239 people on board. Some were overcome and had to be taken away on stretchers and wheelchairs. The area where officials think the plane went down is the same general location where the search is now focused. Australian officials say they spotted two objects in the area. A Chinese plane also reported seeing, quote, "suspicious objects." But so far, nothing has been linked to flight 370. The Malaysian prime minister's remarks today were not words anyone wanted to hear. Let's go to CNN's David McKenzie, who is in Beijing, where family members must now adjust to the certainty that the flight went down in the Indian Ocean. David, many of those relatives, they got the news as a text message ahead of the prime minister's somber announcement. We have been seeing them, getting their reaction. How have they been taking it?</s>DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They're taking it very badly, of course, with all these days of agonizing wait, hoping against hope their family members might be alive. Look at how this woman reacted.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FAMILY MEMBER (through translation): They made this announcement today. Is it really true? What's their proof? First of all, they have not been able to confirm any suspected floating objects. They simply made this announcement today, telling us no one survived, sank into the ocean. What's your proof? It's been 17 days. They simply just give us this result. How can people bear this? The Chinese government of ours should come forward and clarify and tell us. My mother! This happened on the 8th. She died on the 9th. Tell us, how do I live? I'm not done yet. All countries' governments, they are too vicious. They are too dirty. Everyone has their own ego. This society, this world is so horrible, too dirty. No government is merciful.</s>MCKENZIE: Well, Wolf, you see those terrible cries of that woman, angry, lashing out, at anyone she can. There were other angry scenes here tonight, people coming out of their conference room when they got the news, lashing out at the cameramen on the scene. And many people taken on stretchers out of the scene, because of the sheer overwhelming nature of this news. You really have to feel for these family members. Hundreds of them in this hotel behind me, which have been going through these days of agonizing wait, and now just that information coming to them, which is really the news that they didn't want to hear -- Wolf?</s>BLITZER: It certainly would have been a little more reassuring, I'm sure, if there actually had been some physical debris that was recovered from that plane. If they have it, they haven't told us about that, David. The Chinese foreign ministry released a carefully written statement and posted on its website, among other things saying this: "China is aware of Malaysia's announcement of the plane crash. We are paying high attention to it. China has requested Malaysian authorities to further provide all information and evidence leading up to such conclusion. China's search-and-rescue efforts are continuing. We also hope those of Malaysia and other countries could go on, as well." So it sounds as if China, the government of China in Beijing, where you are, David, they want more details before they're ready to say everyone is dead.</s>MCKENZIE: Well, that's right, Wolf. And they certainly -- it's reflecting what we're hearing on the ground here from family members. And the man I just spoke to saying he wants to see physical proof this plane went down. A lot of suspicion right now from the families towards the Malaysian government. Some of it being fueled by the Chinese government, repeatedly pointing out they feel this effort has not been up you to scratch, according to them. China has sent several assets to the southern Indian Ocean, including a giant ice breaker to try and find physical evidence of this plane. One important cultural thing to note, for Chinese, it's very important to get the body or get the remains so the family can grieve. So even if they find the plane, it's going to be very hard for the people here to have closure, because presumably the amount of time and the place it's gone down, any physical remains will be extremely difficult to find. So, you know, harrowing scenes here in Beijing, as the final news came through the news that some people still don't want to acknowledge. They want physical proof -- Wolf?</s>BLITZER: All right, David, thank you. David McKenzie, in Beijing. Just ahead, more on the fate of flight 370. We'll take a closer look at this new technology used to track the plane's path and other satellites being used in the search. That's coming up.