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They dispatched jets to look for it or not. so theres really a lot of confusi confusion, still, about what the civil aviation authorities in kuala lumpur did with their own defense ministry and with hanoi, with the ho chi minh air traffic control. >> peter, youre still under the strong assumption this was some criminal action by a person or a persons. not some sort of mechanical failure. >> i am. i think you cant explain the way the plane acted following the last signoff. so, if those facts are ...

Operation which now covers some 58,000 square kilometers. that is about 22,000 square miles. >> total of four suspected segales hasegal segal -- signals have been picked up in line with the estimated flight path. >> right now ships and aircraft are working the area of course looking for evidence of debris. >> all right, lets get the latest now on the search. our correspondent joins us live from perth, australia, aaron, after 3:00 in the afternoon in perth. we havent had any update on search oper...

Confusion in the reporting and more to the point, a lot of confusion in the analysis of exactly whats happened with this airplane. my sources tell me that there were multiple changes in flight path, direction, and there were a number of changes in altitude. the specifics, we dont have as yet, but clearly this airplane was under the control of somebody. and were yet to find out exactly who. >> weve now confirmed, malaysian authorities apparently have timely concluded that the voice, the last voic...

Estimated flight path. but the latest sounds were weaker, raising concerns that the beacons batteries are perhaps dying out. >> in addition to the search beneath the surface, theres a visual search going on as well. 13 ships and 14 planes. officials are hoping the field can be narrow to take a closer look. >> lets get the latest now. er erin, its just after 1:00 in the afternoon there in perth. whats the latest on this search effort today? >> as far as we know, the ocean shield, equipped with th...

Search area once again. >> let me show you this map. now the area covers 58,000 square kilometers now, whats especially encouraging is that all four pings detected since the weekend were picked up in the same general area. and in line with the missing airliners latest estimated flight path. >> now, this is still a massive effort. todays operation involves 13 ships and 14 aircraft. keep in mind, theyre still covering an area thats twice the size of belgium, or for those of you in the u.s., roughl...

Country without being seen on the countrys radar and without the military reacting to it. that was a worrying question that hadnt been answered. so i think where were at now is weve now got this additional information of it actually descended in altitude. the question to ask is why did it descend in altitude. >> the why is a big question. lets thrown up the animation of the flight path just again to remind viewers what we have been focusing on and has been the focus of this investigation, that t...

Search area, trying to reacquire a signal. and the search for debris is taking place to the west of there. talk to us about that effort. >> thats right. some 14 planes and 13 ships continuing to scour the waters for any signs of plane debris. theyre now looking in an area thats based on a current analysis, using the information theyve been able to acquire from the believed flight path, as well as from the pinger locations detected by the ocean shield. theyve been able to narrow down that search ...

Point. i mean, this is a jigsaw puzzle. every little bit of information we get is just an extra piece so we can stand back and hopefully see the bigger picture. this kind of three phases to whats going on here. theres the where, the what, and the why. the where has taken 34 days or 35 days and were still trying to work it out. hopefully were going to have enough information to give us a resolution there soon. the what will be when we source those black boxes and the relevant agencies can downloa...

That could be from the jets black boxes. two sounds were heard in the indian ocean lasting just five minutes and then seven minutes. the signals were weaker than they had been. thats a possible sign that the batteries on those flight recorders are starting to run out. lets bring in jeffny thomas, an aviation expert and editor in chief of airlines ratings.com. he joins us from perth via skype. the question we have here, it seems like an incredible stroke of luck that they were able to hear these ...

Device right here. hold on for a moment because i want to bring in another aviation ex-per, jeffrey thomas is joining us now live from perth, australia. hes editor and chief of airlinerating airlineratings.com. whats the latest youre hearin perth? theyre pretty upbeat, pretty encouraged, arent they? >> indeed, wolf. theyre very, very encouraged. and as michael had said earlier, angus houston very, very downbeat sort of guy. hes really upbeat. the verbiage coming from him. but behind the scenes, ...