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Next week. but we can say pretty much with some certainty its going to involve that wider arc of several hundred miles along the suspected flight path just to the north really of where theyre looking now. also likely that more assets would be brought in. were talking about powerful side-scan sonar equipment. but this time instead of going down on its own, it would be towed behind a ship. theres one, for example, called the "orion" which sends back real-time data. and of course being towed, it do...

Transmitting, even if they were at the time. they would be long dead. >> but you can get the flight path, you can backtrack once you do the analysis like ted would do. >> once you get the phone on it would be receiving a gps signal from satellites in space. that means it knows where it was. if you can tell where the phone was you can tell where the plane was when it crashed. >> ted, how surprised were you? you say it was stuff from years before. i am actually frankly shocked. i would have though...

Next phase of the search, details could be likely announced next week. but we can say certainly it will involve that wider arc of several 100 miles along the flight path just to the north really of where theyre looking right now. also likely more assets would be brought in. were talking about the powerful side scan sonar equipment. but this time instead of going down on its own it would be towed by a ship. there is one, for example, called the orion, sending back realtime data. and it doesnt hav...

Were the pingers, and although the bluefin has almost completed searching that first pinger location, there are others still to go. but, you know, we didnt hit it lucky on the fine-scale search. now we need to broaden it up and cover more ground. >> we know thats something they had to do with the search for flight 447, air france, they had to you have moo the search area. we know that thats reasonable. heres the question. do they change the pings they search around? do they expand? do they redo ...

Mission, on mission 12 actually. mission 11 has finished. search officials tell us now 90% of that focused search area has now been scanned. the news, of course, the same with all of those missions, nothing of significance, bill. >> and once they get to 100% what happens next? >> reporter: well, the search will move on, youre right. if the story is the same with the final 10%. we heard from the australian defense minister, david johnston, who said they were in contact with malaysia and china, al...

That we actually are searching in the right place. theres nowhere better to consider. >> rob, i know you think they are probably honing in on the right general area, but if those pings turned out to be a false lead, really, i mean, how much of a problem is it? are they just nowhere, then? do they have to reexamine everything from the very beginning? >> well, you know, when we first heard that the pinger had been located or it had had been heard and the controllers had a great deal of confidence ...

Circumstances like the plane deviating from its flight path. a sudden pitch or roll. these systems dont send back the cockpit voice recordings. >> we have a cultural problem with the airlines and the airline unions for the pilots. they do not want big brother in the cockpit. >> reporter: the faa doesnt require american carriers to outfit their jets with live streaming. and the canadian companies tell us only a few u.s.-based airlines carry them. they wont say which ones. why arent more major air...

>> reporter: predefined by the airline. circumstances like the plane deviating from its flight path. a sudden pitch or roll. these systems dont send back the cockpit voice recordings. >> we have a cultural problem with the airlines and the airline unions for the pilots. they do not want big brother in the cockpit. >> reporter: the faa doesnt require american carriers to outfit their jets with live streaming. and the canadian companies tell us only a few u.s.-based airlines carry them. they wont ...

Several hours with little oxygen. this boy is thought to have breached perimeter security in charlotte, north carolina and hidden in the wheel well of a flight to boston. as the plane landed the teenager fell to his death as the landing gear deployed. >> this is a tragedy, first and foremost for the family. secondly, its something once this occurs we want to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: for decades now, stowaways have been a rare but real problem. look at this "life" magazine p...

Hidden in the wheel well of a flight to boston. as the plane landed the teenager fell to his death as the landing gear deployed. >> this is a tragedy, first and foremost for the family. secondly, its something once this occurs we want to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: for decades now, stowaways have been a rare but real problem. look at this "life" magazine photo from 1970. 14-year-old keith drops out of the gear bay of a japan airlines dc-8 and falls to his death shortly after t...