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Turned back on its flight track to beijing, the question initially was was that because of mechanical trouble. what were learning now and clearly what the investigators here have had in their pockets for some time is theyre very clear that this is not a plane avoiding mechanical trouble. this is a plane trying to get away from radar and trying to get away from detection. so this is going to focus more on that issue of psychology of people on board the aircraft rather than the sort of sabotage hi...

Physically to reverse course. i will not expect a decision at the earliest. >> obviously, this is a really promising -- couple of detekses weve had. >> absolutely. this is -- of the search and the advertised time for the life of the batteries in the beacon are 30 days. now, sometimes they last for several days beyond that. say 8 to 10 days beyond that, but were running out of time in terms of the battery life on the emergency locater beacon. you are right. >> the detection that you

>> thats not what investigators are telling us at the moment. theyre not saying it removes anything. what the indications are here is that weve known that they were looking at the possibility of sabotage, hijack person, personal or psychological issues. this appears to be directing experts now to look at this and say, okay, whoever was flying this aircraft was doing it intentionally, they had a purpose, they were trying to fly around radar space, avoid detection and then flew to a remote place i...

But, i think the fact that weve had two detection, two events in that location provides some promise which requires a full investigation of the location. >> just to clarify just what you are talking about. then the two detections in the area, if the boat pick up something and second one in a separate area s is that correct, two kilometers s is that what you are saying? further, just expand on the ocean shield -- >> okay. the first detection was about i suppose 36 hours ago. not last night. the n...

Now, sometimes they last for several days beyond that. say, eight to ten days beyond that but we are running out of time in terms of the battery life on the emergency locator beacon. youre right. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> no, not at all. we -- i mean, we have two -- well, we have three separate acoustic events, two with the chinese ship. and we have another one with "ocean shield." were treating each of them very seriously. we need to ensure before we leave any of those areas of detection th...

Freezing. the life you have here, mostly sea urchins, sea cucumbers, squids. thats the kind of life youd find at this elevation for that sea level. heres the perspective. mount washington, the eastern portion of the united states. this is the average depth of the indian ocean. tallest building in the world, you could stack eight to ten on top of each other. this is roughly the size of romania. or in the united states, 83,000 square miles, roughly the size of state of utah. youll find a massive p...

Well. there are question marks over the equipment they used to monitor these pings they say they detected. its much less sophisticated than the equipment on the australian vessel the "ocean shield" and the "hms echo" that is looking for any trace of this missing airliner in the search zone. but what the australians have said up until a few hours ago is that we dont have enough information about what the nature of this chinese detection was. we cant verify anything about it. that may be what angu...

So they say. so what does this mean from the investigation and where it goes from here? is there a strategy change or shift in any way? >> reporter: in all likelihood theyve been looking at this all the time, but this does kree cr an inference that the investigators have that still can be overcome of course that someone in the cockpit with command and control still intentionally took that plane in a direction that skirted indonesian airspace. the question is why. investigators would ask whether ...

Leave any of those areas of detection that there is no connection to mh 370. we, we will work in those locations until we can say yes or no. >> so, 13 ships and at least a dozen planes now patrolling the search zone today and some of those are headed to that new area where the chinese ship detected the signals. >> erin mclaughlin is in perth, australia for us. it doesnt appear to be especially sophisticated, but we just heard from angus houston that the australians are taking this very seriously...

And an australian ship detected an acoustic event today, though about 300 miles from where the chinese detected a signal. >> up to ten military aircraft, two civil aircraft and 13 ships will assist in todays search, which will cover an area of 200 kilometers. >> ian williams has the very latest now from perth, australia. hi, allen. >> good evening to you. the race is on to see whether either of these are related to the black box of mh-370. the first detection was by a chinese ship on friday and ...