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flight 17. >> some new information we're gathering here. british security officials say conversations intercepted by ukrainian intelligence show russian-backed rebels talked about having possession of a missile system as early as three days before the airliner was shot down. ukraine and u.s. officials say it was such a missile that brought down the plane, killing all 298 people on board. the source says they also talked about moving besides and planning to scatter parts of other aircraft at the mh17 crash site. >> another 74 coffins carrying the remains of victims are expected to arrive in the netherlands sometime today. the first 40 coffins were greeted by family, friends, and dignitaries wednesday. here's a look at the somber ceremony.

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[ applause ] >> obviously a very emotional day there in the netherlands. after several delays the plane's black boxes have arrived in the u.s. >> what happened next, experts will analyze the information contained on those devices, but information learned from that could take weeks. cnn's rachel crane takes a look at why black boxes are so crucial to an investigation after a plane goes down. >> following a plane crash, the search for survivors always comes first.

but just as important is the search for answers. the why and the how. often those answers are found in the black box. ♪ since the '60s, all commercial airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because they're actually orange. when we're talking about a black box, we're talking about two different boxes. one being the cockpit voice recorder, the other being the flight data recorder. together they weigh anywhere between 20 to 30 pounds. and they have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive just about anything. temperatures up to 2,000 figures fahrenheit for an hour. forces that 3,400 g's. that's 3,400 times the force of gravity. they're waterproof and they can save data for two years. and it's a lot of data. the cockpit voice recorder records the crew's conversation and background noise. by listening to the ambient sounds in the cockpit before a

crash, experts can determine if a stall took place, the rpms of the engine and the speed at which the plane was traveling, when these are referenced with ground conversation, they can help searchers locate a crash site. the data recorder records several thousands pieces of information, data about the air speed, altitude, pitch, acceleration, roll, fuel, and the list goes on and on. but to make sense of the data, first you have to find it. not an easy thing to do when a plane crashes into the ocean. both black box components are outfitted with underwater locator beacons, which self-activate the moment they come into contact with water. they send pings once per second and can transmit data for up to 30 days when their batteries run out. on land, there's no such pinging to help guide the search.

investigators have to sift through the wreckage until they find it. ♪ ♪ now a ban on u.s. flights to tel aviv is now over. >> about three hours ago, the federal aviation administration lifted the ban, which had drawn sharp criticism in israel. cnn aviation correspondent renee marshs had the details. >> late wednesday night, the faa lifted its ban on u.s. flights going in and out of ben guron airport in tel aviv. in a statement the faa says it worked with his u.s. counterparts to assess the security situation in israel and carefully review both significant new information, as well as measures the government of israel is taking to mitigate the risk. all of that said, this impacted three u.s. carriers. united, u.s. airways and delta.

we should note, even though the agency lifted its ban, effective 11:45 p.m. eastern time. it does not mean the airlines will resume flights right away. it's up to the airlines to decide when they will resume flights to and from tel aviv. >> well, the american flight ban was imposed tuesday af a rocket fire from gaza struck about a mile from the airport. >> hamas spokesman says the airport is a fair target for rocket attacks, and he says he hopes israel learns something from being isolated by the u.s. ban. he spoke with our wolf blitzer earlier. >> it's clearly that alkassam troops declared a warning for the airlines to stop flying to the ben gurion airport to prevent any civilian casualties. i believe what happened in the last two days was a good sign

for protecting the civilians from being attacked or harmed by what is going on. it's clear that the israelis now may understand what is the meaning of putting the palestinian people under siege, what is the meaning of preventing the people to go in and out. i hope it can be a good message for netanyahu to understand the meaning of theizati situation ia under his seizure and he can think logically and in a practical way. >> so the question is, are you targeting ben-gurion airport? >> well, in fact, in this fight, ben-gurion airport is used by military air jets. so it's targeted because it's used by the israeli air forces. >> and that was hamas spokesperson speaking with our wolf blitzer.

>> the sad task of tending to the dead and wounded falls to the red cross and the palestinian red crescent in gaza. >> they face a perilous journey into the war-torn streets of gaza. we went along to have a look at the first-hand dangers they have to confront. >> reporter: they came to look for it is living and the dead, but had to turn back, under fire. as did we. >> sniper back there. >> reporter: the red cross and the palestinian red crescent entered the embattled gaza city neighborhood. red cross veteran larry maybe confident they could do their job. >> until now, i'm relatively comfortable with the security situation. i expect it might get a bit more difficult as we progress. >> the israeli military has

shelled this area for nearly four days as part of its offensive against hamas. the rescue workers aware they needed to tread carefully. >> obviously, it's making them nervous. we don't want to make them nervous. >> some residents took advantage of their presence to retrieve possessions. >> translator: my brother's house is gone. nobody there was a fighter. now we're homeless. >> he fled before the fighting began. his house is now in ruins. >> translator: do you see? they're hitting civilians. they didn't hit one of the fighters or any of their so-called military targets. look at what they did. they destroyed the houses, the street, and killed civilians. >> reporter: a fireman tells me, i've never seen destruction like

this. they tried but failed to retrieve either the living, or the dead. the shooting, it's not clear from whom, was too intense. >> small arms fire is increasing in intensity and directed at us. i think the problem is, there are too many people here, too many civilians. if it was just us, it might be different. so we're coming back. there are two people trapped in rubble, wounded. i want to try to go in on foot to get those two before we go back. >> you find anybody? >> no. >> there's the front line there and there's -- >> it seems that given the risk with explosions up the street and perhaps sniper fire, the risks are simply too much. they're now pulling out.

>> clearly a very risky job there. israel says hamas has turned that neighborhood in ben's report into a terrorist fortress, laced with a vast network of tunnels used to transport weapons and fighters, all too attack israel. >> and the israeli prime minister spokesman tells cnn hamas is deliberately positioned among a civilian population. >> it's a tragedy. it's a very difficult situation. you have hamas taking over a civilian neighborhood. what we saw were the pictures above ground. but below ground there's a whole system of tunnels where they store missiles and fire missiles at israel with this command and control they have from that area, tunnels that go into israel under the border, so they can pop out on our side with automatic weapons, explosives, rocket propelled grenades. we had to deal with that threat.

the problem was, we requested the civilian population to leave the area, which we knew would become a combat zone. what did hamas do? hamas told people to stay, not to go. hamas deliberately wanted to use the civilians there as human shields for its underground network of terror tunnels. >> they say they have found 31 tunnels overnight and destroyed nine of them. coming up, it's going to be a long painful wait for the families of mh17 victims before they receive the remains of their loves ones. we'll remember some of them after the break.

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welcome back. forensic investigators in the netherlands will begin the grim task of identifying the remains of those who died in the disaster of malaysia airlines flight 17. the team in charge says great care will be taken when handling the bodies. cnn anderson cooper remembers some of the innocent lives lost. ♪ >> the tragedy of malaysia airlines flight 17, is not only in the 298 lives that were lost so suddenly, but also for the loved ones left behind, left to cope with their grief. >> bobby was a flight attendant for malaysia airlines. he swapped flights at the last

moment so he could get home early. his father told reporters, fate played him an unfair hand. bobby's wife was also a flight attendant. she narrowly missed going down with mh370 months earlier, switching off that flight at the last minute. she left a message for her husband, writing, we know you are gone, and won't be coming back. i wish you a safe journey, and i know you will go to a much better place. 10-year-old miguel was on the flight with his older brother, who was 19. on their way to bali to visit their grandmother. in the days before the flight, miguel was nervous, asking his mother, what happens when a plane crashes and clinging to her, before falling asleep on the night before his trip. miguel's grandmother says the family is heart-broken and lost. >> we have to move on. i don't know how, but we have to. because they were incredible kids. i just told you, they were just

incredible. we never knew how many lives they touched until now. >> 29-year-old rob aley was traveling in europe for a month, visiting rottweiler breeders. he bred the dogs in new zealand. his mother sent him this message. your booked plane has been blown up. so wherever you are, we'd be delighted to hear you missed your flight. we just want to know you're alive, my darling. rob leaves behind a wife and two young sons. they posted a statement on facebook saying, rob was our everything. he will live forever in our family. >> this man was moving to bali to be with an indonesian woman. the former dutch soldier was so excited about his move, he was dancing before the flight while speaking to christine and her kids on skype. when christine was told about what happened, she posted a distraught message on facebook that said, hope you will be fine. oh, god, please, i beg you.

nick norris was on vacation with his family, including his three young grandchildren. their parents, anthony and rin wanted to stay in amsterdam extra days. grand dad nick was taking the kids back to australia by himself. the pain for anthony and rin is intense and relentless, they say, a hell beyond hell. they say, our babies are not here with us. we need to live with this act of horror every day and every moment for the rest of our lives. no one deserves what we are going through. not even the people who shot our whole family out of the sky. anderson cooper, cnn. 's keepingm the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things.

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that state's history. >> that's right. so what's happening here? big blazes there in the u.s. northwest. >> just wait until you see the satellite images from space there. you can see the flames billowing into space, as far as the smoke at least. incredible images from north central wash state, in the northwestern pacific of the united states. the landscape, typically gorgeous, but the mountain sides absolutely dry over the past several months. now this fire that's only about 16% contained. this is known as the carlton complex fire and has charred 250 acres or 1,000 square kilometers of land. that's equivalent to the size of hong kong, for example. or four times the size of the district of columbia in the united states. making it the largest fire in washington state history. again, the pattern here, we've got some 2,500 firefighters that

are on the ground across this region. one man at least has lost his life. apparently he was trying to bring in some water to set up a fire line to protect his home. and got a heart attack. want to though you the thermal signature of these fires. you see the satellite perspective, you see the snow-peaked mountains there and the smoke from a multitude of fires across this region. the carlton being the largest one in place. and the weather here does not look to improve in the coming couple days. some thunderstorms in the region over the past 24 hours. the concern there was dry lightning strikes with that region. but turning back out to the western pacific, because a very active set-up so far in the past several weeks. three typhoons, two of which, super typhoons, the latest one that moved into eastern china. at this point, a very active set-up. we had 52 tropical storms and depressions last year in 2013. some $23 billion in losses last year. nearly 7,000 lives were lost.

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prince charles was checking out the facilities. >> queen elizabeth opened the ceremonies, including a minute's silence for the victim's of last week's airplane disaster. >> north korea is furious over a video mocking the country's leader. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> i'd be flattered, you know, great moves. in the parody, the face of a smiling kim jong-un has been super imposed over a series of clips set to a pop soundtrack. but in one scene, he's kicked to the ground by u.s. president barack obama. >> not acceptable. look at the moves there. in another he dances with osama bin laden, hand in hand. this video was reportedly posted by a youtube user in china.

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