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Shield" and "hms echo" are inching along at 2 to 3 miles per hour. "the ocean shield" is equipped with a pinger locator which is towed behind the vessel. it detects pings from the planes black boxs in water in as deep as 20,000 feet. but this specific mission could be futile. the manufacturers of the black box tells cnn they were due for a maintenance overhaul and new batteries in 2012 but they were never returned for the fix. now, that could mean three things, malaysia airlines replaced the old...

However, were only hearing a report of one ping. we know that the two beacons ping independently and not at the same time. it could be that only one pinger is working. or both are working but one is many miles away. all of that said, also, fred, its possible that this is a false positive. we heard one expert saying, gallo, saying earlier today that air france 447, their equipment had a false positive. we know that hms echo, the british ship, this week they also reported a false positive. so to g...

Years. and then as you play with technology, can move much further along larger, more batteries and lower frequency and last multiple years and ranges that are 10 to 20 kilometers. >> so glad you showed it to us and your skype came back. thank you, chad myers. thank you, and to you the viewers, for being with us this hour. have a good weekend. my colleague, wolf blitzer, starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. the search for mal...

Information that came in through last night i do not have any significant developments. >> the hms echo we understand is now conducting a specific search, were told. what exactly does that mean, a specific search? and why now? do they have any information thats letting them close in on a certain area? >> well, right now we are making the best judgment call we can based on the life running out of the black box. so the echo is out there. we also moved the ocean shield with cooperation with the aus...

Commander in charge says its basically like walking the ocean surface. theyre doing it with that tow ping locater. it takes a long time. but wolf, they are working at this 24/7 for the next 10 to 12 days. i think, you know, the most disconcerting thing is that the commander himself describes it as a shot in the dark. the point is, wolf, its got about 150-mile track. youve got the "hmsecho" in one direction, they will converge, it will take a few days. they are hoping that they are lucky and they...

Satellite images, all of those turned out to be "other things." our matthew chance is live in perth, australia, for us this morning. matthew, i know that they have a submarine, and then they also have two ships that are equipped with this high-tech gear out on the search now. what is the latest? >> reporter: yeah, thats right. the latest is that this subsurface phase of the search operation has really gotten under way with the presence of that british nuclear submarine the "hms tireless." its eq...

Kilometers, why is the towed pinger locater being launched in that area specifically? i know the hms echo is also involved. >> that area has been picked because on the basis of the analysis, and as you know, its on the basis that the six hours of pings we have the exchange between the satellite and the aircraft on an hourly basis. and then there was an additional ping where we think the aircraft might have run out of fuel. on that and on an incredible amount of work thats gone on in terms of how...

In perth. 2:00 in the morning. where you are, we hear about ground-breaking analytical research here and honing in on the search zone. how exactly did they do that? >> reporter: they, once again, went back to those pings from the mr satellites. they had made this calculation, remember, brooke, so many days we were looking at a northern arc and a southern arc. now at the bottom end of the southern, 150 miles, you have the ocean spray on one end, and the hms echo, a british ship on the other end. ...

Mh-370. using the towed pinger locater from the united states navy, on the australian defense vessel ocean shield and a similar capability on hms echo, the two ships will search a single 240 kilometer track converging on each other. of course, if you want to get into more detail about that, i have the commodore to assist me and will take any questions on that subject. the australian frigate has been tasked to assist with the search. it will take approximately four days to reach the search area. ...

Language were we heard today. the new british vessel the hms echo were told will be conducting a specific search today. what does that mean? this about a specific location? if so what are they looking for? >> reporter: thats a little unclear. were hoping to learn much more about what the hms echo will be doing during that news conference with angus houston. what we do know is that the search is going to generally be in the area that it was yesterday. it is being divided into three specific locat...