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Northeast of the previous focus from this week. so why has the search area shifted so dramatically? here to break it down cnn aviation analyst and contributor to slate, jeff wise. good to have you here. lets jump into it. i want to read what they announced about the shift in the plane search focus. based on radar analysis indicating the aircraft was traveling faster than previously estimated resulting in an increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance the aircraft traveled south into ...

Aircraft and its leader pulling of the satellite through its aircraft systems. the new information is based on analysis of radar data about the aircraft movement between the south china sea and the strait of malacca before radar contact was lost. these continuing analysis indicates it was traveling faster than was previously estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. the international investigative team supporting the ...

Search teams for the malaysian airliner have just shifted to a different part of the indian ocean. >> australian authorities say this change come after what they describe as a credible new lead. investigators are moving the search area to some 1,100 kilometers northeast. you see it highlighted on your screen there. they say this is based on an analysis of radar data indicating the boeing 777 was traveling faster than previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possibl...

Indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimates resulting in increased fuel usage and decreasing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> also this new area here has turned up something incredible. finally we can report the first non-satellite sightings of potential debris. separate planes out of ten spotted something. this is a picture of that something. multiple objects we are told. various sizes and colors. our correspondent who has been working...

The aircraft and the later polling of the satellite through its aircraft systems. the new information is based on continuing analysis of radar data about the aircrafts movement between the south china sea and the strait of malacca before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated, resulting increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. the international investigative te...

Flight 370, the hunt abruptly moved closer to land. 700 miles away. heres an australian official on why the search shifted course. >> this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated. resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> so crews on several aircraft did spot objects today floating in the water. theyre now analyzing the photos of the items. plus, with the satellite photos fro...

>> we have breaking news involving the missing malaysian airlines. nbcs bill neally is reporting that the search has taken a dramatic new turn based on a new credible lead. joining me now by phone from perth, australia is nbcs bill nealy. what is the latest there? >> wel >> reporter: well, australian investigators say they have the most credible lead so far to where the plane debris may be locate pd . investigators have looked back at the radar data and they have determined based on a new analys...

Soucie, mary schiavo and david funk. the plane was going a lot faster than previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage, reducing the distance aircraft traveled south into the indian ocean by 680 miles. they seem to now be honing in from new information theyve clearly received which they are taking very seriously to a much more specific area. >> well, if you remember where those pings were, they were mapping those pings based on an assumption. we were talking before about coming to a c...

Nine more plane and six ships will join in the effort today. >> australian authorities are shifting the search zone about 1,100 miles northeast of where crews had been looking. you see it there on the scene. they cite analysis of radar data. they say it indicates the plane may have been traveling faster than previously thought. therefore burned its fuel quicker. >> the new information is based on analysis of radar data about the aircrafts movement between south china sea and the strait before ra...

We hear a lot of talk about the flight data recorder. they have an enormous amount of information about everything that is happening to this plane about the angle of the plane, where all of the flats are, every system on board is being recorded there. tremendous amount of information and voices from the cockpit so you can hear what is going on there. the problem is these do not transmit. they carry that information. they can be collected later to review an incident but they dont send out any inf...