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Look at it. they could then send either remote control vehicles down or if necessary divers to recover the boxes. >> this is the flight data recorder. >> thats right. >> thats where they are in the tail. >> they are in the tail. if theyre not in the tail theyre certainly close by and they should be able to recover them pretty quickly if this is indeed an accurate report. >> if they do detect they find this flight data recorder tom, how quickly will the information thats buried in here be able to...

To australia. they might find that the boxes are damaged. they might need to take it to france or to the united states. >> all right, guy, thanks very much. good discussion. well continue our investigation. appreciate it very much. still ahead, the race against time. we have new details about the hunt for the so-called black boxes. could searchers be close to a breakthrough? and the grand jury decision that sparked outrageous across the nation. now a member of that grand jury has filed a lawsu...

And based on what theyve said they required and needed from us weve gotten -- >> have they asked for it? >> no. >> so this report that the indonesian navy -- admiral from the indonesian navy says they found what looks like the tail of the aircraft that contains these so-called black boxes, is that -- what do you know about that? >> we have seen those same reports and certainly hope its true. but we dont have anything to confirm it is true. >> you havent 100% confirmed that it is the tail? >> we ...

One reason is the weather. the heaveing waves make it less stable and can damage it. another factor the noise. >> in this area the water is so shallow you cant get away from the noise of the ship dragging whatever instruments so the ship is making noise, the waifs make a lot of noise and the waves make a lot of noise and all of that -- now youre trying to listen for a whisper. >> reporter: if the locator is not effective or cant be used or if searchers already know where to look a side scan sona...

Vital search for the so-called black boxes. but the captain is nervous about the weather. i feel a heavy moral burden, he says i have a responsibility to keep those on board safe but its so important to help find bodies and debris. larger ships can cope with these conditions, he says. but this is not a large ship. sector four of the search zone, the contact boat is in sight. time to hand over the equipment. easier said than done. one of the men whos in charge of that equipment was going to jump ...

Teams that they find the tail of the plane, the black boxes, will that be the end of the search? >> oh no i mean they have to map the whole area and for forensic study just as everything they can possibly look around the area of the crash to put the pieces together. now, that being said there are tools that can be brought into play for these divers in low visibility. this sonar -- hand held sonar and pinger locators that the divers can take in the water and bring down we use them all the time on...

Identified. the lab will take care of that but the other part is the debris lab. whats going to be happening there is that all the wreckage that is found at sea is going to be brought to this laboratory parts of the plane are going to be rebuilt. theyre going to try to reconstruct the plane and figure out exactly what took this plane down and, of course that critical element of the debris lab will be recovering the so-called black boxes, the flight data recorder the cockpit voice recorders. that...

Parts -- people who may not be found whole. there are a couple of laboratories working here. but the crux of this investigation and knowing exactly why this plane went down will be finding the black boxes. if that tail section, if that is indeed the tail section, then the black boxes will be pulled up theyll be brought here. and then wolf the very very big question of exactly why airasia went down, perhaps that will be answered. >> once they find those two black boxes, the flight data recorder t...

15 of the 30 some-odd bodies. difficult to know where they are. possible many of them are still strapped into their seats. >> the dimpb rfference between the sampson and the fort worth? >> the sampson is designed for anti-warfare. the fort worth is the smallest ship we have in the nation in terms of combatants. and its a new class. completely different type of ship, different capabilities. >> these black boxes, they have these pingers and they have batteries, theyll go for another 20 21 22 days ...

We got breaking news. airasia recovery crews are hoping for an early morning window in dangerous weather that forced the air operation to be called off again. its just after sunrise off npdz and -- indonesia. 37 bodies have been recovered along with several large pieces of the wreckage and an indonesian navy captain says the tail might have been found where the black boxes are located but that report has not yet been confirmed. the pingers to locate those black boxes are losing battery power by ...