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Bluefin-21 still engaged in that fifth dive. overnight it reached new depths, a fourth dive. it reached some 4.7 kilometers beneath the ocean surface, instead of the 4.5 originally thought to be at the upper reaches of its depth capacity, and thats important. because as you may remember, it had to cut its first mission short because it reached waters that was too deep for it to be programmed to be able to handle, and therefore, it resurfaced. and this is a really critical area of the search, giv...

Aircraft combing the indian ocean. cnns erin mclaughlin live for us this morning in perth, australia. erin, whats the latest? >> reporter: good morning, christine. well, officials so far still confident they are looking in the right place for the missing plane. as far as we know, the fifth dive still under way, the fourth having concluded overnight. and during the fourth, they reached new depths, some 4.7 kilometers beneath the ocean surface, instead of the 4.5 originally thought to be at the ve...

The seabed for any signs of the missing malaysian plane flight 370. we are hearing more details about the fourth dive that took place last night. were hearing that it managed to dive some 4.7 kilometers beneath the oceans surface. thats significant because it was previously thought it had a depth capacity of 4.5 kilometers, and engineers had taken a look at it, given the fact it had to cut that first trip short. they believe it now can withstand some five kilometers of water pressure. they sent ...

110 square miles. meantime, the search for debris on the surface continues with nearly two dozen ships and aircraft combing the indian ocean. they have found nothing after more than 40 days. cnns erin mclaughlin live in perth, australia. so much hope, erin, in this underwater search in the bluefin. >> reporter: good morning, john. overnight, the bluefin-21 reaching new depths in the search for missing malaysian flight 370. during that fourth dive, it managed to go down some 4.7 kilometers beneat...

>> weve been talking about the search under the sea. search on the surface has not let up either, almost two dozen ships and planes are eye balling more than 20,000 square miles for any sign of debris. lets check in with aaron mclaughlin. good morning. whats the latest? >> reporter: good morning, john. we know as of 9:00 a.m. local time, the bluefin was in the water over 12 hours later, not clear if it has yet completed that fifth mission. missions can take some 24 hours. we are learning more de...

Beneath the water instead of the original thought depth capacity of 4.5, and thats significant, because it had to cut its first trip, first journey into the water short because it reached waters too deep. now its been reprogrammed and able to travel a greater distance. it means it could reach some of those areas that officials believe is most likely place that they could find, potentially find the black box. but again, this morning, bluefin-21 coming up empty. we understand its currently engaged...

Because of a technical issue it is now back in the water. meanwhile 14 aircrafts and 11 shifts. >> we are live now in perth, what were the technicaler error >> we are waiting to hear more specifics on that. we understand they took the blue fin back on ocean board h downloaded the data, i think it is a good sign they put it back in the water. many people have been questioning whether or not blue fin 21 is up to the task at hand given it is operating at its depth capacity. engineers analyzed it ...

We may not know for hours what, if anything, is found. erin is live in perth. we understand it had to surface because of a technical issue. talk about that. >> reporter: thats right, victor, it was a technical issue that brought it to the surface. we are trying to get more information on that. well bring it to you as soon as we have it. we understand it was brought on board the australian vessel. they downloaded the data and found no objects of interest. they put it back into the water and it we...

Fraction of the 15-square-mile area that was supposed to have been yesterdays mission, an area that authorities here had determined the most probable place to find the black box, based on the ping detections that they had picked up last week. now, in terms of what happened, well, the bluefin-21 went down there. it searched and it came across an area that was deeper than its depth capacity. its only supposed to go some 4.5 kilometers or 2.8 miles beneath the ocean surface. it encountered waters d...