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Will get down into the teens tonight. millions in the northeast and across the country are now hoping this storm will be this springs last. diane? >> we can hope. thank you. and now, the biggest break in the urgent search for flight 370. lost in the indian ocean. 122 objects were seen floating on the water by satellites. so, tonight, the race is on to reach them. and see sf if they hold the answers to the mystery. clayton sendell is with the search teams tonight. >> reporter: were in the sky b...

It can lead back to one of these, a flight reporter, but when the pinger, which is right here, stops sending out a transmitting signal, well, then it will be like looking for a lost diamond ring buried in the sand on the beach from maine south to florida and back around to texas. david? >> reporter: kerry sanders, thanks so much for the latest tonight. its daybreak in australia as the search has just resumed with first light on the other side of the world. nbcs bill neely is at the royal air for...

Science research in seattle, she runs computer models on how far the debris may have traveled since a potential crash. >> in 14 days going by what ive seen over five days, i would say it could easily travel 300 miles, if not a thousand miles. >> reporter: if search teams find debris, they will then have to calculate where the wreckage may rest. that will mean listening for the pinging sounds coming from the black boxes. today, malaysian authorities asked the pentagon for hydrophones that would b...

Here is transportation correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: among the planes searching the southern indian ocean the p 3 orion the military plane with sophisticated technology that something flight 370 did not have, automatic deployable flight recorder also known as adfr. >> in a crash the combination cockpit voice and flight data recorder would eject instead of going down with the mean it would float on top of the water, providing search teams with the location of the crash site. >> made by ...

Initially i thought somebody came into the cockpit because we heard it was an hour out before this happened. but if you look at the timing, it departed at midnight 41 and seven minutes after the hour, they had the last acars report. that acars report was sent with a position report. if the information is correct that that position was input in the computer that they stated was between the pilots, im assuming it was in the number three fms. that would have been a jump seater. the timing, there wo...

Number two, if im a captain and my jump seater starts punching buttons, im going to ask him to excuse himself from the cockpit. so its unlikely they would allow a person up there. >> i would have to disagree -- >> go ahead, karleen, defend your theory. >> initially i thought beyond the flight engineer. we already know the first officer has a history of letting unauthorized people on the flight deck. the captain is -- >> just to be clear, they were very attractive australian women. >> absolutely....

Screens. >> initial investigation shows they lost communication, they made this call the last time before they went off. >> that is a half an hour before the data recorder was switched off, ten minutes after the transponder was switched off. they havent ruled off anybody in the investigation. it is believed one of the passengers was a malaysian flight engineer. meanwhile, australia has joined the search for the missing plane which covering a huge area. flight data indicates it kept flying in the...

Disappeared from radar screens. its important as it puts the co-pilots in the cockpit. background checks are being done on the passengers and ground crew. its believed one of the passengers was a malaysian flight engineer. satellite data from the aircraft suggests it kept flying for several hours along or southern arc. in the south, australia is sending planes into the indian ocean to look for the plane. to the north, the arc stretches between kazakhstan and thailand. and they are requesting rad...

Background of the pilot, the co-pilot, and anybody else on that plane that had the skill to fly it. >> reporter: meanwhile, for the family of american phillip wood, the wait is agony. >> i dont believe that the plane has been crashed. i havent ever believed that the plane has been crashed. it just doesnt make sense to me. and i dont feel like thats the right answer. >> reporter: investigators continue to look at the backgrounds of everyone on board, including an off-duty flight engineer. but his...

Against time. somewhere, right now, the black boxes from that missing passenger plane hold answers on what happened to all those lives onboard. but with every day that passes, their batteries are fading. so, tonight, we have the latest on the search and also the pilots. did they leave any clues in their last words from the cockpit? abcs david kerley starts us off with what is new tonight. >> reporter: tonight, flying over the massive indian ocean, american sub hunters, looking and listening for ...