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Specific point. that may help. the frequency is right. 37.5. the circumstances are really questionable. >> what else transmits at that frequency? what else might it be? >> it doesnt really have to be at that frequency. the locator or whatever detection device they have can pick up other nearby frequencies. sometimes 100 kilohertz which would be side-scan sonar or other sonar can interfere and if they are not used to reading and analyzing the signal, one could take it the wrong way. >> mr. carr, ...

Demolished aircraft. thats one theory. brianne ya. >> it could be a needle in a haystack. martin, mitchell, thank you so much. now, we will be right back. im nathan and i quit smoking with chantix. when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasnt just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didnt have nicotine in it, and...

>> weve been hearing about finding the hay stack before we look for the needle. essentially this tpl is like looking for the needle correct? >> thats correct. its designed to hear the pings on the black boxes. >> is it too soon to have this kind of great technology in the search? >> i wouldnt say its too soon. id say that right now is the appropriate time to put this system in the water based on the information we know. okay. the -- the search area thats been identified is completely reliant upo...

Only used when theres a very good idea of where the actual debris, where the actual carcass of the lost object, in this case, an aircraft, has been positively identified. at the moment theyre just kind of looking for a needle in a haystack as it were because the search area is so big. they dont know exactly where it is. thats why every day almost were seeing this search area being refined as they move on to areas that they havent looked in yet after they discount areas that theyve searched as th...

Theyve been debriefing the reporters on what these pilots and the spotters are seeing, erik, and theyre not coming back with sightings of debris they think are tied to mh-370. what will we be expecting from floating debris in this part of the ocean? >> well, this part of the ocean where theyre searching now, you get closer and closer to the center of the garbage patch, which is an area where everything thats floating in the ocean kind of accumulates. theres garbage patches in all of the differen...

It is scheduled to go on for 30 days and could end before then. joining me now, fox news correspondent, former navy pilot of f-18s. leah gabriel is back, good to see you. we started 1500 miles down here, right? >> uh-huh. >> how did they get a new search area? >> what theyre saying is this is based on radar data and an analysis of that, i flew f-18s, basically we always were paying attention when we were flying out at sea to the amount of fuel we had. if we flew higher we could go further with o...

>> reporter: of course, the big problem is that we do not know exactly where the plane could be and so this is why the search area is so big. but its critical for these planes to try and find anything, any part of the plane, because once they have that piece of debris then they can bring in the specialist equipment to look for any wreckage that might be under the water. until they get that debris, they really dont know where to locate the plane, where to really begin this search, john. one of ...

>> i think expectation is the key word here, don. i think weve got some sophisticated technology both in the form of -- sorry, above the surface, vessels and aircraft. but i think the australian prime minister hit the nail on the head in terms of the air force 447. we knew where the haystack was and it took two years to find the black boxes. and unfortunately, the families need to gear themselves for that long haul and set their expectations there. because this is a huge area. what i would be wa...

Really dont know. >> his wife was one of the performs on board flight 370. he said he didnt know what to tell their children. his emotional story is coming up. plus, some are calling it a hail mary pass. crews bringing in all this high tech equipment from the united states to listen for the pings from the black boxes here and the cockpit voice recorder. they evaporate even found the haystack to find that needle. we will talk about that process to see if it is a long shot. also ahead we are keepi...

This is indeed a vehicle that could do it? >> i think expectation is the key word here, don. i think weve got some sophisticated technology both this the form of -- sorry, about the surface vehicles and aircraft. but i think the australian prime minister hit the nail on the head in terms of the air force 447. we knew where the haystack was and it took two years to find the black boxes. inch and unfortunately the families need to gear themselves for that long haul and set their expectations there...