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Seconds. what does that tell you? >> well, it could have been obscure. they could have ocean currents down there that are moving it. in other words, say the flight data recorder was free of the aircraft. it might be rolling along with the currents. so that might be affecting its being able to send up a signal. it might be obscured, dirt, silt, the aircraft itself, the fuselage could be rolling. >> once youre at the ping location, assuming that we -- can we confirm it is a ping at some point? >> ...

As an olympic swimming pool. then it would be like trying to find a large grain of rice somewhere in that water. add darkness and ocean currents, and actually its nothing like finding a needle in a haystack. its much more difficult. >> so mr. quest -- >> yes. >> he joins us live. thats him right there. your piece is based on 123 mile square trek, but the actual search is 150 mile track, right? >> that was at the beginning when they first started. obviously its a movable feast. but todays search ...

Surprising that a month later the debris is still hanging around that area. again, as in many things here, well have to wait and see if someone can locate and verify what that debris really is but i would find it surprising. >> miles, were talking about, what, 60 miles. is that what weve heard between this debris field and there have been so many reports of debris. we think perhaps this could be a coincidence? >> my inclination is to discount the debris sightings and david has it exactly right. ...

The wind speed as well as the ocean currents. so, in other words, its mostly an educated guess, and even though the malaysian prime minister vows never end the search, those who are actually conducting the search say at some point in time, they need to go back to the drawing board. that was kind of the line of questioning today to the malaysian civil aviation chief. listen to this. >> think it would be bad for the families to be more honest and say were not going to finds the black box? >> no. n...

Find where that plane went down. for the latest on the search, we are live in perth, australia. the search is is moved to the ooft as we are just reported, closer to western australias coast. have authorities explained why they have determined the move in that direction? we have seen the search charts come out, if you look the at the search charts, there is a general area where they believe the plane went down. whatever debris might have come from the plane will be moving with the ocean currents...

And in just a few hours, malaysias prime minister will arrive in perth to see the search efforts firsthand. but time is likely running out to locate the so-called black boxes. their batteries may only have just a few days left. lets get the very latest from atika shubert live in perth for us, and atika, so many people looking for this, so many satellites trained on this location. new equipment is being brought in. still, the biggest frustration for searchers and investigators that youre finding ...

>> this is why when i go to trader joes, i have my own bag now? >> absolutely. >> were talking about those bags coming back to haunt us? >> those bags, childrens toys, anything you can think of thats made of plastic, if you look around your house or office, just imagine how much of that is plastic. >> where is it coming from? are some countries worse polluters than others? >> its difficult to say what the source is of these vast garbage patches. some countries produce more waste than others. som...

Of long island in 1996, we were in the debris field, we were there the next morning, and it still took us three days to find the actual beginning of the debris field. >> doesnt that mean that theres no such thing as weve already searched there? you could be at point a today, and tomorrow debris could wash into the ocean currents into the area, its not as if you could check it off your list, right? >> you cant check it off your list. in fact in the search for air france 447 which crashes into the...

There the next morning, and it still took us three days to find the actual beginning of the debris field. >> doesnt that mean that theres no such thing as weve already searched there? you could be at point a today, and tomorrow debris could wash into the ocean currents into the area, its not as if you could check it off your list, right? >> you cant check it off your list. in fact in the search for air france 447 which crashes into the south atlantic, they searched over the original area where t...

Use the same ship. they also use it for humanitarian purposes as well. this would fall under that category. what makes it special right now is the fact that it is equipped with this sophisticated u.s. navy technology, the pinger locator, which we can rely on for about a week and needs a more narrow search area to truly search. the reason why they waited this long is they were hoping to have a more narrow area to look, some sort of wreckage to say okay, we found this here. lets look at the ocean ...