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And then there was this. is. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box. >> that is unwavering confidence despite the fact that the men heading u ining up the search te has been no major head way made in the search. it turns out it likely was not a ping at all.

The australian maritime safety authority and we have been doing this with the joint agency task forces. the drift models from the currents, they will look at satellite imagery and taking the data from the recent ping and joining those dots. so were confident that were in the right here, its just that its still a very large area, a very challenging search for us and its day 36, as you said, and still no information. so well keep searching. >> well, you do have some information. you have four ping...

>> absolutely, it will be another brick, if you will, that will help you determine where the plane was at its final resting place. every time they get another ping that was hugely beneficial. that is why angus houston said you dont get any second chances, he is going to be absolutely certain that the batteries were dead. >> and he estimated maybe a day or two more of listening for ping sounds before they give up on that and go under water. i wonder if they would extend that if they get a fifth p...

Angus houston said the initial assessment of the signal detected yesterday afternoon, the so-called fifth ping, is not related to an underwater beacon. fran townsend, on the one hand we have the prime minister saying hes confident this is the black box they are hearing, but then you have, you know, angus houston saying the fifth so-called ping not happening. whats going on here? how confident should we be in any of this information? >> i think the head investigator angus is the person you want t...

Search with the tpl for now. >> commander marks, good luck with the search, thank you so much. lets bring in tim taylor, sea operator, and david souci, analyst and author of the book "why planes crash" theyre here with me. and cnn analyst, miles obrien. tim, i want to start with you. the fifth ping is building confidence increasing the data map that could bring the searchers to the source. >> continue the pings, as long as you can get ping. the av work and ultimately rov work on this site, we ...

Complexity. now, annex 13 says that the court or the airline is responsible when theres multinations involved, that the airline is responsible to pay for the damage to the passengers and families. but, again, there has to be a proof of loss. so were still waiting for that proof of loss. >> tim, they seem to be ruling out the fifth ping as coming from the black box beacon. so now were back to the square where we had four pings i can approximated up days ago. how realistic is it that you think the...

Wreckage, how hard will it be? they will have to use cables. whats the system here? >> well, just last year expeditions brought up the f-1 rocket motors from apollo 11 and 12 from similar water depths, actually a little deeper. that was a successful operation. its obviously something that can be done. >> all right. mike williamson. >> these are the trained specialists trained to knock everything out and listen for that ping. one set back. plus another big developing story we are following. >> ge...

Background. still, we dont know who was in control of the plane at the time. >> joe johns, thank you very much. erin mclaughlin theres been another possible ping heard. how is the search changing based on the latest signals? >> i have lost my feed. >> apparently having trouble with her. that happens when it is live. how has it changed since it is 18,000 square miles and the fifth ping. >> every time they get another ping, it increases the certainty that what they found is the right thing and tha...

Remarks saying essentially theres been no major breakthrough. however, he said that the search area has significantly narrowed down to about 18,000 square miles, which is still a big patch of ocean, of course, but its much smaller, much more manageable than the 80,000 square miles that were being searched for pings over the course of last week. much, much more manageable area. also on the downside, i suppose, you may remember yesterday there was a fifth ping identified by an australian aircraft ...

His words, very confident, the signals that have been detected are, indeed, from the planes two black boxes. he says the challenge is to get as much information as possible before the signals end. investigators say a fifth ping is probably not from the plane. it was picked up thursday by a device dropped in the ocean from an airline before earlier signals were detected by a u.s. pinger locator towed by an australian ship. theres been no letup in the search for debris from the plane. looking at t...