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A chinese ship has detected a so-called pulse signal deep in the indian ocean near that arc where authorities believe the plane may have gone down. this signal could lead teams to the airliners black boxes, could, or it could be nothing. the same ship picked up a signal friday but it lost it before it could be recorded. this information coming on the heels of flight data obtained from the pilots personal flight simulator that he used prior. pretty close prior to this whole event a month ago. it ...

Chinese-run news agency xinhua reports a chinese ship heard a pulse signal for flight data and cockpit reporters. xinhua is also reporting a chinese plane spotted at least four white objects in the search area this morning. officials say they are not able to independently verify either of the claims. the australian government for its part says the characteristics reported are consistent with the aircraft black box. however, there is no confirmation at this stage that the signals and the objects ...

Ensure the black boxes are up to par. the biggest challenge now is to locate them before the batterieses die. >> to find that pinger in those trenches or to find it after the pinger is stopped in those trenches it will be extremely difficult. >> the flight data recorder is crucial in terms of figuring out the pilots maneuver. >> right. >> in this particular case with the missing malaysia mh-370, you would need the flight data recorder and there is anticipation given the pulse signals. >> right. ...

Who to trust, who to listen to or what to believe. and when you think about how much -- how little information really is out there that we can go on, i mean, you know this refining an area perhaps theyve done some more studies with altitude and distance the plane may have covered. >> whats the batteries for the flight data, the cockpit voice recorders are gone, the pingers, it becomes a whole new search operation, right? >> it becomes a very difficult search once the batteries are gone. >> descr...

Australia. you were onboard "ocean shield" earlier today. tell us about it. >> busy day onboard and also a sobering day. i think, victor, when you look at all that equipment and we discussed the bluefin-21 and underwater submergible and it can actually comb the sea bed and then the ping locater, which is so important. it can hear the signals coming from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from about a mile away. all good stuff. the problem, victor, right now with this search ...

That we never learn anything more than we know right now. does aviation change in any way? >> i think it will. if you look at just the vast number of assets that are out there now, searching for the aircraft and the time, you know, we did not have the data that we needed to this look for survivors if there were survivors, and this, in fact, is in the indian ocean. so i think this instance is going to be a catalyst for improvements in aviation. for instance, cockpit voice recorder, instead of doi...

Cost. so while there are many suggestions out there from cameras in the cockpit and cabin to streaming flight data in realtime, these upgrades would could millions and have to be implemented without disrupting a system that moves millions of passengers a day. and who will pay for those upgrades? in the u.s., the airlines, the taxpayers and ultimately passengers. >> do you think maybe now the world will change how we fly? >> weve learned that we need to keep track of airplanes flying across the w...

Vertical stabilizer. first with the flight data recorder. this records the technical, the speed, the pitch, the yawn and acceleration. there could be thousands of the parameters. it retains the last 25 hours of the flight data. to learn what they talked about, you have to go to the cockpit voice recorder. that records the communications inside the cockpit. if there is a directive given to the pilot and copilot. lets say the crash of the flight data recorder, the technical communications, that is...

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The current. other items, such as the aircraft tail or wing tips, will be semi submerged and theyre propelled mainly by the current and not so much by the wind. so the elapsed time has allowed debris to spread over a vast area. >> so this could really wind up anywhere. lets say they find some wreckage from the plane in the indian ocean. what do they do next to start deep water searches? is because the challenges will be enormous, especially if theyre looking for those black boxes, the flight dat...