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>> we dont have the expert to open up the black box and analyze what the content of the voice data and flight data. we have to get experts to do it for us. >> reporter: the u.s. national transportation safety board and the british air accident investigation branch as well as australian authorities each have capabilities with sophisticated labs and technicians. but an international working group of experts has also been suggested. if they are found, decoding the black boxes could be complicated. ...

>> reporter: if they find them, the question remains who gets the black boxes and who will lead the investigation to uncover what really happened to flight 370? typically following a crash, the country of origin for the airliner, in this case malaysia, is tasked with taking charge of the investigation. but malaysian authorities have already asked for help. >> we dont have the expert to open up the black box and to analyze what are the contents of the black box, the voice data and the flight data...

>> we dont have to open up the black box and to analyze what are the contents of the datas, the voice data and the flight data. we have to get experts to do it for us. >> reporter: the u.s. national transportation board as well as other authorities have sophisticated labs and technicians but an international group of experts has been suggested. if they are found, decoding the black boxes could be complicated. the boxes are built to withstand extreme conditions but memory chips extracted from the...

Was there any emergency call? why would you tush turn off a trans-- you turn off a transpond transponder? >> reporter: officials fear that someone deliberately steered flight 3 0 away from land -- 370 away from land and into the indian ocean, leaving the vital questions who and why. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> so theres the u.s. perspective on all of this. while numerous countries are involved in the hunt for flight 370 and its black boxes, officials acknowledging theyll need help findi...

Every step of the way here. they have now heard four pings. they are consistent with these flight data. >> i want to find this as much as anybody. i dont want my enthusiasm and optimism and hope to color the data. is there some problem with these pings, the fact that it is 17 miles across or 12 miles across, depending on how you count it, thats too big. the pinger locator is only supposed to be able to detect within 2-3 miles. how is it detecting something thats that far away. it indicates it mi...

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...

Detected and its prompted this rather stunning announcement about the search for flight 370. >> im now optimistic that we will find the aircraft or what is left of the aircraft in the not too distant future. >> the same australian ship and united states listening equipment that detected pings dwight ov twice over the weekend, well, they detected the pings again, or at least sounds that were consistent with the pings, on two separate occasions yesterday. the now four encounters came within 17 mil...

Australians and the gacc are throwing assets at this. we heard from the australian defense minister 133 missions have occurred so far. thats over four missions a day. thats impressive and that should reassure the international community and their family and loved ones that theyre taking this very seriously. >> paul ginsburg, i hope thats not his satellite going out. do we have paul? >> yes. i would just like to hope that some day we will be uploading flight data to satellite, so that data does n...

>> reporter: the 1957 recorded data and pilot voices as well, a crucial development. the recorders have grown increasingly sophisticated, allowing for more data in digital form. >> the night data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been instrumental at improving the level of safety in air strans tags. >> reporter: in light of recent air disasters, some have asked why the flight data is not sent contemporaneously to the ground for safe keeping. >> you dont have a bandwidth to send that i...

Focused area. now that after sounds were heard in two locations, several hundred miles apart over the weekend. sounds that might, might be sonar locator ping from the 777 flight data and voice box recorders. they are trying to pick them up again. if they are from the plane and not a false hope they might be dying pings. batteries dont last forever. flight 370 has been missing for almost 30 days. flight 370 may have taken a route into the indian ocean after it made the baffling turn. this flight ...