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Search in the most likely spot that has been determined from the analysis that has been done thus far. of course, we get a lot more data from the mission. that provides further information to further define where we go next. >> are you telling us that you believe that the battery in the data recorder is now flat and can you give us an idea, the bluefin is a long shot? >> well, i would say that day 38, if you remember when we had a briefing it seems like a long time ago now, but we said 30 days s...

Searching the sea floor in the vicinity of the detected signals. each mission conducted by the blue fin 21 will take a minimum of 24 hours to complete. it will take the autonomous underwater vehicle two hours to get to the bottom of the ocean. it will then be on task for 16 hours. it will then take two hours to return to the surface and four hours to down load and analyze the data collected. the first mission will see blue fin 21 cover an area of approximately five an area of 40-square kilometer...

Puzzle one day at a time and taking some back. when he has something to say t. is factual. i did find it interesting, however, that he had a lot of forehours to the downloading and analysis of 16 hours of data. thats -- thats calling it pretty tight, i would think, especially when you have multiple echos and so on as weve seen from the demonstration. >> yeah. when we come right back, were going to take you to kuala lumpur to hear about the families, how the families are watching these press conf...

The last known position of the aircraft that was lost, and this came from acars data, was 6.5 nautical miles from where the wreckage was finally found. two years after the aircraft was lost. so i just -- i just say that because i think its important to put it in context that the environment down there is incredibly demanding. now, that wreckage was found at 3,000 meters depth. were talking about operating down closer to 4,500 meters. and i think that gives you some idea of how challenging this s...

So its a 24-hour cycle. it goes down, you dont get any indication of how things are going while its deployed. you have to wait to recover it before you can get the download of the data that it has picked up. yes. >> hi. im wondering at this point the search has been going on, do you have any estimate of how much this is costing and also is it possible -- this has been going on for a long time. are you in this for the long haul? could it be a couple of months. >> well, its very expensive. all of ...

To what i would say is one of the largest search and rescue and recovery missions that ive seen in my lifetime. but just to put a bit of realism into it, the model that we tend to use in air france aircraft that was lost and this came from acars data was 6.5 nautical miles from where the wreckage was finally found two years after the aircraft was lost. i just say that because i think its important to put it in context that the environment down there is incredibly demanding. now, that wreckage wa...

The data. that actually is four hours to download the data and they will have all day to look at the data while the bluefin is off on its next deployment. they have to recharge the batteries and thats what takes four hours. so this process is deliberate and time consuming. >> the air and surface search for flight 370 will be concluded within the next couple of days. now the search will happen under the water. does this mean that it is a scale-back? lets discuss, next.

In the employment of the underwater vehicle, it has a 24-hour cycle. so we anticipate deploying it this evening. it will then be recovered. and with the collection of data, analysis and so on, it will be ready to be deployed if everything goes according to plan exactly 24 hours after the first deployment. and so on. so its a 24-hour cycle. it goes down, you dont get any indication of how things are going while its deployed. you have to wait to recover it before you can get the download of the da...