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Lot more fuel than you would at cruise altitude. the difference you would recover is going to be very different than you would at cruise altitude. >> this is for tom, from michael, the last communication from mh-370 was spoken by the pilot. were all previous communication from him as well? >> we dont know that. >> why dont they tell us? >> i dont know why. most people say it really doesnt make a difference. the captain runs the ship. he could have said to the co-pilot, why dont you take off, ill...

Area hamper images of debris? >> it could. its going to -- it could be very challenging for smaller pieces. and the remote vehicle has to be very careful in deep silt. because even the slightest bit of propulsion from it can stir up the silt. its going to be a painstaking task once they identify the wreckage and once they start to get into it. its >> this question is a good one for you. what would the passengers have seen at 4,000 feet at 1:00 a.m. would they have any idea the flight went that l...

Has shrunk dramatically. and it is so much smaller than it was, just a matter of days ago. whether it is a few kilometers or whether it is 20 or 30 square kilometers or even more, no real certainty on that. certainly with those four ping, and also the arrival there of that british naval ship, the "hms echo," which can look at the bottom of the ocean as well and send out its own ping, down to the surface, to see if theres any wreckage down there. theres optimism here they will find the wreckage. ...

Soon. >> weve heard a lot about sensitive information, secret information that may be helping that they dont want to discuss for reasons that it could undermine u.s. sources and methods or other countrys sources and methods. it wasnt just blind luck that they heard those pings. you buy that? >> from the very beginning, i think we were always questioning whether or not there were extra resources in there. and assets that they didnt want to disclose for that very reason. >> yes, makes sense to me....

Didnt sink in the silt -- >> if the pinger battery is dead what good is that? >> well, mean, if the pinger was on the surface, at the bottom, i should say, of the silt, and give a signal, then maybe the box was sitting on top of the silt as opposed to in the silt. >> eight men and women are taxed with solving one of the greatest mysteries in modern aviation. what specialists on board the australian ship, what theyre up against in this around the clock hunt for flight 370. and the health and hu...

Of course, the caulk hit voice recorder only records the last two hours so that might not yield the data theyre looking for. the flight data could indicate, nic, if there was any kind of mechanical failure on board, isnt that correct? >> reporter: that is correct. and this is why they believe that these data recorders will be only able to provide part of the information from the investigators, as much as they can get from the aircraft, which would be an aircraft that can be recovered or searched...