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Relatively close circle to hear it. if we can now -- we know where to start looking, you can expand the search for the debris field and see whats on the surface. but my big question is where does this data point lay in relation to things that we think we know already, the suspected track of the airplane, any radar skin paints the australian had with the over the horizon radar. if its on that line, i would be optimistic. if its way out of position and i havent had a chance to look at a map yet th...

Were really facing is we would have to go down and try to locate this thing with side scan sonar, which is equivalent of riding around the continental united states on a horse looking for this thing. its getting extremely slow process. if you deployed multiple underwater robots, this could take decades. >> tim taylor, how does a search plan change, if nothing is found within the next few days? >> well, theyre going to have to take a long range look at this and really evaluate if they proceed. je...

Since this incident occurred you would expect the debris in the water to be on the order of hundreds of miles away from where the debris would be located under the surface. its almost like they won powerball twice, if true. >> jeff wise, mary schiavo, tom fuentes, all of the analysts on the camera and on the phone, we have more. stay where you are. weve got a little more thats coming in from not just kuala lumpur but also from some of the families of those who are on flight 370. were going to ge...

Recorders will ever be found? >> if the pinger is dead and theres no debris on the surface and were convinced its along this southern arm, then what were really facing is we would have to go down and try to locate this thing with side scan sonar, which is equivalent of riding around the continental united states on a horse looking for this thing. its getting extremely slow process. if you deployed multiple underwater robots, this could take decades. >> tim taylor, how does a search plan change, ...

Because theyve dealt with so many plane crashes. it belongs to the malaysians. >> jeff wise, because were talking about how many hours have passed since this was discovered and since this was -- this information was released. is releasing it hours later by, you know, the chinese news agency, does that give them more credence because theyve had this for hours and may be able to do some of their own confirmation or does it show even some desperation considering the fact that most of the people on ...

Australia. the subsurface search has begun. i want to bring in my experts. geoffrey thomas, jeff wise, mary schiavo, les abend is a 777 captain. lieutenant colonel michael kay. and jim tilmon, retired american airlines pilot and steven marks. david soucie, did this press conference, with the head of this search, angus houston, make you optimistic -- no soucie. what about you, michael kay? >> in one respect, i am cautiously optimistic with this. i think the air chief had an upbeat tone to his pre...

Ntsb investigation with a party system, with getting all the people, all the experts from power plants, from everywhere they can, putting them together. thats a great, great thing to happen. i dont know how many people listened to that whole process. but its wonderful to see. and i was also encouraged by the fact that theyre utilizing every aspect of the data making their assumption. lower altitudes, higher altitudes. theyre looking at every aspect. and i was very encouraged by it. >> and im sur...

Locators, they have a 240 box to go to with a line in it to tow the ping locator down. guarded, because again, coming from the air is the most likely scenario where youre going to pick up anything that willing it to mh370, but 240 kilometers is new data. >> jim tillman, you have been pessimistic. you said, hey, listen -- youve been leery. im not sure if theyre even searching in the right place. did that help you at all, to think theyre searching the right area? >> the thing i got out of the pres...

17 people are still missing. authorities say the debris is some 70-feet thick in some places. they say the slide was moving around 60 miles an hour when it hit the area. a major decision from the fda. regulators approved a handheld injector containing a drug that reverses the effect of hair win. its kind of like the epi pen used to treat allergy attacks. quite an innovation. kate, over to you. lets get back to the underwater search for flight 370s black box. joining us for a closer look, jef...

Michael kay? >> well, this isnt my area of expertise. doing background checks, in terms of the crew, thats a more likely area. if there are any abnormalities in the crew. and the previous flights of the captain and copilot. so, there are logical questions to answer. you dont have to be an fbi investigator to delve into those areas. >> and jeff, why say it was not a criminal act? >> well, theyre signaling where