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In addition to trying to reacquire these pingers, also get the best measurement of depth there. and i think theyll probably get that using "hms echo." >> go ahead, richard. >> a quick question for you, david, what is the length of the search season, if you like, before the weather turns nasty and they would have to think about postponing for winter, regrouping, if they dont find it, and starting again in the next season. >> but arent these warmer waters where they are now? do they really have to...

Caution show cautiously optimistic. the task now the ocean shield is trying to find the signal again and hoping for confirmation. if the ping is detected again crews will launch this underwater drone. at the same time 375 miles away, chinese ships and the british hms echo are trying to confirm pings the chinese briefly detected friday and saturday. australian officials say its unlikely to be from the same source. >> quite possible for sound to travel great distances laterally but be very difficu...

Also in the south of that area, the chinese vessels there accompanied by the hms echo, a british warship, which is designed to map the ocean floor as well, trying to find what is happening there as well. neither site has turned up anything for the past several days. and thats of particular concern. because as you mentioned, time is rung out. the battery life on those pingers is -- the shelf life is come where around 30 days. its been 33 days now. so the australians who are leading this mission, ...

There are a couple of areas of focus. theres one search area now, that instead of a separate area, theres one search area that has been dramatically reduced in size, from 90,000 square miles or thereabouts, down to 30,000 square miles. so two-thirds, theyve shaved off of it, because of the leads that theyre investigating. but there are a couple of different search areas within that, in the north of that area, thats where were seeing the "ocean shield" scan the ocean bed, to try to recapture thos...

Has now arrive at the spot where the two pulse signals were picked up. on board the hms echo high detection gear. just north, just north-northeast of there, i should say, the australian ship ocean shield is continuing its investigations, trying to figure out the source of a curious, quote, acoustic event. and today another question is emerging. did the plane try to avoid indonesian airspace? a senior malaysian government source has come out with an explosive allegation that flight 370 apparently...

There are two main areas of focus at the moment. the one is where the chinese vessel 24 hours ago announced that it had two acoustic events. it found two pings or pulses underneath the ocean in two separate locations, two kilometers apart over a time period. they sent that british ship, the hms echo in order to investigate that, to try and verify it because there has been no verification its been linked in any way to the malaysian airliner there is a second area as well. thats the australian ves...

He will just tell you in a press briefing, i dont have anything new. and when i do, i will come out and tell you. >>. no i think he has something to tell us. but he could either tell us that they have detected a signal and that it sounds promising, or that they have detected a signal and they have discounted it. but at least he is giving us an update. everybody knows they have detected a signal and everybody is wondering what theyre doing about it. i dont see anything unusual about this press co...

Operation and cnns international correspondent matthew chance. matthew, the ship hms echo now on the scene. but it wont be joined by the hms tireless submarine. tell us what is happening right now. >> yeah, well, thats because there are a number of different search areas, four search areas in fact, according to the british ministry of defense that are the focus of the ongoing multinational search operation at the moment. in two of those locations, theyve got actual acoustic events that theyre in...

Me just like an emergency locator beacon. >> reporter: search crews are cautiously optimistic. >> certainly were jumping to conclusions here. we need to reacquire the signal to confirm that it is the aircraft. >> reporter: the task now? the "ocean shield" is trying to find the signal again and hoping for confirmation. if the ping is detected again, crews will launch this underwater drone. it can scan the ocean water and take photos of any potential debris. at the same time, 375 miles away, chine...

Eventually you would see things washing up. and i think the currents are generally moving in that area. but its still going to take some time. so if you have a lot of time, you might start doing some beach combing. >> but were talking about that. think about it. when you said close to australia, how many -- what is it, like 1200 miles, 1300 miles or so off the coast of australia? >> about 1100, 1200 miles at the moment. >> so that would take a while to wash up. here is something from tamara says...