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>> reporter: yes. a womens prison i believe. and police authorities are saying that most of the -- them have been rounded up. i think some 90 escaped and police are saying that they managed to recapture about 70 of them. again, that is what the authorities say. i think they may be pointing a rosier picture than actually exists. >> will be interesting to see. a couple hours away from sunrise. thank you so much. we appreciate your firsthand reporting there. >> now to australia where ten planes and...

Recover the so-called black boxes? is that right? >> thats correct. the debris -- we were in the right place. and so the debris was basically there to be found and it took five days, which is kind of surprising, but we did stumble across it and picked up many, many pieces that we used in the analysis. the reason why the search took so long is that they did an underwater beacon search for the beacons on the black boxes in the first 30 days after the wreck and they didnt hear anything. so they ass...

Finding proof of malaysia 370 it makes people ask questions. >> the flight data recorders, black boxes, they have less than a week left of estimated battery power. could be out of power now or could last a

And control. the thing i found rather remarkable about the prime ministers statement is that really, if i was just listening to it without trying to pick it apart sit go where im sitting, it would seem to me that theyre running the investigation. he also noted when they located the cockpit voice recorder, the so-called black boxes, they were well equipped in their laboratories and facilities and their accident investigation capabilities to read them out. so i really think about what i heard was ...

Search crews following new leads today in the ongoing hunt for flight 370. surgers spotted four orange objects in the southern indian ocean. if these latest sights in the new indian area pan out, it could help narrow the search for so-called black boxes, data and flight recorders. rene marsh joining us from washington with more on this. rein earthquake, time is running out for batteries on recorders. if they are found, who will actually analyze these recorders and get critical information from...

Developments in the certain, i want to bring in former federal aviation administration official chief of staff, michael goldfarb. good to see you. >> afternoon, alex. >> now that the ships have recovered some objects from the indian ocean from the new search area, whats the next step in determining whether or not theyre related to flight 370? >> i tell you, we still have a long shot here. they talked about the needle in the haystack. we had to find the haystack, the haystack being the debris fie...

Information from the all-important black boxes. this is what the pinging of one of the data recorders sounds like once its made contact with water. even after a prolonged period in assetwater, data is still retrievable. >> a good success rate with recovery. all of the recorders go through different stresses and -- but overall, weve had a very good success rate with water recovery. >> have you ever not gotten data in a water recovery? >> i cant think of one. >> reporter: recorders found in saltwa...

Just a matter of a couple of days athena, what are you learning? >> there are only a few laboratories in the world that are capable of retrieving data from a black box thats been damaged. heres a look inside one of those laboratories. >> this is one of the more advanced labs in the world. and for that reason thats why we tend to help other countries. >> reporter: here at the national transportation safety board state of the art laboratory, a demonstration of what it takes to get vital informatio...

Based on what you know about the way planes break up in a situation like this, clive, what are your thoughts on the size of the objects the satellites are actually picking up? >> well, i would be looking for most importantly i think i would be looking for two things, i would be looking for parts of the tail system, the vertical stabilizer, and the horizontal stabilizer, buzz they do break up. and normally they float. and i would hope to see also because we keep talking about this 70-foot-plus pi...

Particular trash can or a particular person or a particular car, something relatively small. thats essentially what theyre trying to do. in most cases theyre only going to have two or three hours over the city to look before they have to fly all the way back to refuel and start again the next day. so wolf, that gives you a sense of why this is so difficult even with all these great tools out there. something spotted in the water, finding it is a big, big challenge and will remain so. >> a huge s...