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Were talking about underwater, the detection of possible pings, and then on the surface, the sighting of possible ones. as weve seen repeatedly over the several weeks, fred, you know, objects that have been sighted by satellite or aircraft have turned out not to have any connection to flight 370. so we just need to point out that that we obviously are hopeful for any clues but we need to be careful as well. >> yeah, it would also be extraordinary because weve been talking about drift patterns an...

So its proved to be a source of confusion and a source of friction as well potentially, brianna. >> you can imagine the frustration there, matthew, as they try to get all this information together and theyre right there in the area, but two of the ships that are i guess you could say almost sort of the lead ships in this australian led effort, the ocean shield, the hms echo, are they perhaps headed to this area where the chinese heard the pulse signal? might they be able to lend some of their re...

Do the same thing. there are a lot of possibilities for sonar pulses and the fact this one detection, you know, i hope it is the pinger. we all do. that is my view. >> cautiously optimistic is how we sum up the group. peter stone and michael kay, please stand by. whats next for the families? deal with the grief and turmoil? has this added to the potential for litigation? abo nd we t not . (agent) i understand. (dad) weve never sold a house before. (agent) ill walk you guys through every step. (d...

East a couple hundred miles, now theyre moving it north a little bit. is that because of the currents? they think maybe -- or they simply havent seen anything in the earlier search zones so theyre going to adjacent areas? >> well, certainly going to go to adjacent areas because they havent found anything. but again this is not a static situation as you would have on the ground. this is the moving currents. but the other thing and i really do believe theyve probably refined some of the search are...

Search and detection equipment. the pingers on the black box flight recorders on board malaysian 370 are certified to last for 30 days. that runs out in may 7 -- april 7 rather. so just a few days left to get to that, although specialists with we have spoken to say they can last much longer. the important thing at the moment is that they havent found any sign in any of the areas theyve been looking at of debris from this disappeared flight. so it is still very much a mystery, don. >> can you tal...

Mower going back and forth. >> jeff, its always a pleasure. thanks so much. >> new questions and new information. the cycle continues in the search for the malaysian plane and other breaking news overnight as well so lets get right to it. >> its a very low probability of detection if that is our search area. >> we will keep searching for quite some time to come. >> the effort is ramping up, not winding down. >> we want evidence, we want truth, we want our family. >> a 5.1 magnitude quake that st...

So, really, if were searching for a beacon and were living on borrowed time, i need something that is only less than a thousand square miles. >> right now were dealing with over 100,000 square miles? >> yes. >> reporter: as you said, challenging. >> its very low probability of detection if that is our search area. >> reporter: and thats a sobering thought for the families of those missing. as we board ocean shield, those working to deploy her are mindful that every minute counts. the pingers sig...

Area. >> low probability of detection if that is our search area. lets bring in erik van sabille, lecturer at new south wales in sydney. last week we were talking about how dangerous and wild the oceans further to the south were. now weve moved into a more forgiving part of the ocean, but it is still such a huge, vast area theyre trying to search and so disappointing that the things that theyre pulling out of the ocean, its junk. were on a garbage fishing expedition at this point. tell me a litt...

Welcome back to "early start," everyone. it may be the best hope yet for locating missing malaysia airlines flight 370. its an australian ship, the "ocean shield," carrying a high-tech u.s. navy device that can detect pings from the planes black boxes. of course, you have to find those black boxes. no matter how specialized or sophisticated this equipment is, it will not be effective unless the vast search area is narrowed down. >> we need better point of impact estimation than we have right now...

For sub antarctic conditions. it can handle the roughest of waters, the biggest of waves. it is being fitted with a submersible robot and u.s. navy pinger locator to listen for those black boxes. >> once we get a detection from the pinger, we will put the underwater vehicle in the water to conduct a side scan to map the debris field. >> reporter: but the searchers must first locate surface debris from the plane to narrow the search area. an effort that has so far been fruitless. >> searching som...