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Geoffry. will that lead this investigation? >> theres two elements to this. which probably havent -- the two elements to this now. if we get no more pings, then we have to go to the bluefin-21 which has been talked about. however, theres one other asset that is working in this area which is the "hms echo." thats in the pinger search zone with our australian "ocean shield" which is towing the pinger locater. the "hms echo" is using echoes off the bottom. the bottom at this area is silt. theyre ho...

Withholding some detail about this search ahead of that meeting with the chinese president later today. as for the search itself, the -- angus houston, the ma not responsible for this -- the man responsible for this joint coordination effort, issued a statement today. hes -- in fact, right now theyre behind me in the building behind me coordinating all of these efforts. he said that the statement saying that the "ocean shield," the australian vessel, is continuing to comb the water with the amer...

Not a single, physical sign of the plane has been found. so the focus of this search effort very much on for the elusive pings. overnight, they have been analyzing this data that they have obtained from one of the sonobuoys, one of the dozens or so that they have parachuted out onto the water. they said they hope to get an update on that today. meanwhile, the australian vessel, the ocean shield, continues to be out there combing the waters with the american operator, the towed pinger locator, ma...

The search effort. how involved is malaysia in the search area? >> you know malaysia and malaysian officials get the first briefings. they get told what happens at sea from ocean shield, hms echo, all the other vessels from the sonar buoys that are out there. they get that information before anyone else. but the search teams generally report it on the ground first. theyre recovering it. theyve got the expertise and the malaysians sometimes respond to that. they are in that information circle and...

And the "ocean shield" has moved some korms outside of it. -- kilometers outside of it. its interesting because the statement that houston put out did not contain information about the "hms echo." we know that it is equipped with sensitive audio detection equipment, and its capable of mapping the sea floor. weve reached out to authorities to claim who the "hms echo" is doing. were waiting to hear back. thats an interesting development. and were waiting for answers. >> all right. erin mclaughlin ...

Kilometers of that black box. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh-370. >> reporter: he also went on to say that he was not going to give further details about the search until his meeting with the chinese president, xi jinping later today. the search continues in earnest. angus houston, the man responsible for coordinating this international effort re...

Marinetraffic.com, which tracks vessels on the oceans water, that it actually had moved into the search area. the "hms echo" had moved into the search area around where they think the black box pinger is located, and the "ocean shield" had actually moved out of the area by some kilometers, and that could be significant, given that the british vessel, the "hms echo" is equipped not just with sensitive audio detection equipment, but its also equipped with equipment capable of mapping the ocean flo...

[ inaudible ] -- perth released a statement this morning, in which he said the "ocean shield" with the american pinger towed locator is still trying to detect signals, but no mention of the british vessel, the "hms echo" that we also know is in the area. and thats perhaps interesting. we were on a website called mari marinetraffic.com, which tracks marine vessels, and showed as of three hours ago, the "ocean shield" had moved out of the search field that they are looking at for this pinger. it m...

Has shrunk dramatically. and it is so much smaller than it was, just a matter of days ago. whether it is a few kilometers or whether it is 20 or 30 square kilometers or even more, no real certainty on that. certainly with those four ping, and also the arrival there of that british naval ship, the "hms echo," which can look at the bottom of the ocean as well and send out its own ping, down to the surface, to see if theres any wreckage down there. theres optimism here they will find the wreckage. ...

Using technology to scan for underwater pings on loan from the u.s. navy, also the british sh ship, "hms echo" is in that search area now as well, using its technology to try and map the ocean floor and also try and detect any further signals from the beacons from that missing malaysian airliner. hopes were elevated, as you mentioned, earlier today by the australian prime minister, tony abbott. hes on official visit to china. take a listen to what he said earlier today. >> we have very much narr...