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Then were trying to base further analysis and science off where the impact was on the currents and the drift. so its impossible. >> you said that listen, the ships that are out there now, the planes, they want to get to the debris if possible or objects. that ship wants to get to the plane, to the pinger, right? to the data recorders? >> thats my understanding. now that has been delayed six hours. but that could change. the information has been so free-flowing in this particular story. >> sure. ...

So were talking a couple of miles of cable. and you dont want to snag this or, you know, lose it or have it catch some debris. so its a very touchy operation. and if it were damaged in any way, where would you be then? they want to be very sure of what theyre doing when they deploy this. >> mr. les abend making that point. a very good point, les abend. will ripley, you have been not only reporting from there where the ocean shield is, but you have been reporting from pierce as well there are oth...

Two minutes ago from the australian defense force. the lights behind me, thats the "ocean shield." theyre lifting up the gangway, making final preparations to move off. on board this ship is really, really high technology from the u.s. navy. theres a black box pinger locator that can listen for the sound from the data recorders on the flight. theres also an underwater drone to scan the ocean floor. the technology wont be useful unless we can narrow down the size of the search area. but they want...

Miles of cable. and you dont want to snag this or, you know, lose it or have it catch some debris. so its a very touchy operation. and if it were damaged in any way, where would you be then? they want to be very sure of what theyre doing when they deploy this. >> mr. les abend making that point. a very good point, les abend. will ripley, you have been not only reporting from there where the ocean shield is, but you have been reporting from pierce as well there are other assets searching as well,...

Big. is it feasible in much calmer seas, is it feasible to find these data recorders in such a big zone? they need to narrow that zone, dont they? >> absolutely. absolutely. i mean, at the surface, you can search quite a large area, but as soon as you go down into the ocean, you really can only use sonar, which is not a very effective way of searching. so, the smaller we can make this search area, the more dedicated and the more focused we can search, the better our chances of actually finding s...

Up with the ocean shield as the search accelerates. time is running out, the bat ris on the data recorders are dying, the recorders that could tell the world what happened to the plane and the 239 people on board. then the next thing you know were getting flashed sos. a dangerous situation, another boat trying to follow the ocean shield blows its engine in the middle of a busy shipping lane. >> its always an emergency. we had to give up following the ocean shield. >> as we tow the boat to safety...

Ago. id really like to dedicate it to the victims and their families. >> an ocean shield will join the search for flight 370, loaded with high-tech search equipment including black box detector. paula newton has more. >> ocean shield ready hours away from sailing off to a search zone that so far yielded no trace of flight 370. the australian ship will be the linchpin of the investigation but only if and when air wreckage is found. >> this is a challenging job. the first is to find debris so we c...

Relatives some of the missing flight 370 are in kuala lumpur demanding answers. chinese family members arrived today. they want malaysian officials to apologize for releasing confusing information over the past three weeks. ten planes and eight ships have been at work on a new search zone in western yoous. n -- western australia. officials say one of the vessels has a black box detector and autonomous underwater vehicle. it will be a race against time as the clock ticks down on the batteries ope...

The hunt for malaysian airlines flight 370. crews retrieving objects today that were floating in the new search zone in the vast indian ocean. but so far, none of them belong to the missing jet liner. meanwhile, an australian warship is getting ready to sell sail tomorrow with a high tech black box detector on board. the data recorders have about one week of battery life remaining. meanwhile, back here at home, authorities in washington state say 18 people now are confirmed dead following last...

For speaking with us this morning. think about it, were 23 days in on this thing without definitive answers about what happened to this flight. as he was talking about this black box, a lot of questions you had, as well. >> i went down to south florida and spoke with a ceo of a company who buys commercial planes and refurbishes them including malaysian airlines boeing 777. i asked him about the planes data recorders and what is inside these things. >> they consist of three parts. you have the ...