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That knock-knock sound is the sound of a sonar pinger. you are looking at the shape you are looking at the shape that it makes on the screens. weve been talking about the black boxes and pingers and how theyre activated almost from day one when they hit the water, we want to give you a demonstration with david soucie. and director of special projects is with us. former transportation general mary schiavo, and analyst and veteran pilot miles obrien. david, you have the pinger, explain how it work...

To that. so the manufacturer says you need to store them in a dry room temperature, 70 degrees, 85 at the most. so they got rid of these pingers, they put all new pingers in the refrigerator while he was there. now he tells me after that, that that process is not being followed. hes seen countless times those pingers back in those rooms. >> the concern could be that a pinger would be put on board one of these planes without the full life. >> exactly. >> and theres no way to test the battery life...

That process is not being followed. hes seen countless times those pingers back in those rooms. >> the concern could be that a pinger would be put on board one of these planes without the full life. >> exactly. >> and theres no way to test the battery life of these devices before putting them on the aircraft? >> no, at the c-check, which is every thousand hours, they do check them to see if it pings. which it would. but theres no way to test like put a load on it, like you would test your car ba...

Detect cracks. how often are those done? >> they are what is call the a inspection, b check, c check and d check. the b check is the one they break up the plane completely apart and as if they are building a new aircraft they replace the skin and everything. prior to those checks, which are done between every four to five years there are also what is call the c check and the airliners are mandated by the faa to do so every three months approximately or so. im sorry, every 12 to a teen months. du...

Detect cracks. how often are those done? >> they are what is call the a inspection, b check, c check and d check. the b check is the one they break up the plane completely apart and as if they are building a new aircraft they replace the skin and everything. prior to those checks, which are done between every four to five years there are also what is call the c check and the airliners are mandated by the faa to do so every three months approximately or so. im sorry, every 12 to a teen months. du...

The concept of processive maintenance, a check, b check, c check, there that is more than likely universal throughout the industry. >> 79 models have been grounded for inspection. that translates into about 300 flight cancellations nationwide. the ntsb also at southwest headquarters in dallas, texas, pouring over the planes maintenance records. the two black boxes have also been recovered. we are talking about the congress be pit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. those are already in ...

It is accurate to say that most of the major airlines are using -- all of the major airlines are using a progressive maintenance inspection where things are looked at at various phases and stages. so i would say that the concept of progressive maintenance a check, b check, c check, that is more than likely universal throughout the industry. i will take two more questions, yes, sir? >> it is not uniform throughout all of the airlines. >> i tonight have information to say if that is uniform across...