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Know that we have a high degree of certainty that the data being recorded is reasonable. >> so there are two black boxes. tell us what information comes out of each. >> sure. theres two black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. the cockpit voice recorder records the audio. theres four channels, one channel for each of the pilots headset. then in this case a very important area mic. the area mic is crucial because it will allow investigators to hear what was being said...

All? >> if theyre, in fact, picking up those pings from that specific aircraft, underwater locator transmitter, they would have to be right on top of the wreckage. >> that would be very good. i mean, so youre not saying that youre sort of cautiously optimistic. youre saying i need more information, more confirmation. weve had some early reports saying this is at least a decent sign. but youre saying no, i need to wait and see. speaking of wait and see what would happen if this were to be a locat...