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Space, a route that suggests an intend to avoid radar detection. live once again for us in australia. so now that the ocean shield has detected these signals, whats next and how time consuming will the whole process be? >> whats next is there are still two simultaneous things happening. planes are taking off just hours from now from this air base where im standing. so far they have come up empty, even in the area where they detected the pings. the ocean shield literally racing against time, tryi...

Location. it also falls along that arc. the satellite data shows the plane could have -- could have flown on and possibly gone into the indian ocean. there are a lot of questions about the technology the chinese were using. you saw the video of that handheld hydraphone being dunked into the water. some serious questions about whether that device could detect something so deep. were talking about ocean nearly three miles deep in this particular area. we know the hms echo has been there doing surv...

Deployed from the australian defense vessel, "ocean shield," has detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes. two separate signal detections have occurred within the northern part of the defined search area. the first detection was held for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. the ship then lost contact before conducting a turn and attempting to reacquire the signal. the second detection on the return leg was held for approximately 13 minutes. >> reporter: houston wen...

Faster than perhaps normal, or, a bit faster than here, it would end up in this area, here. so, that is why were searching in this area here. and the most promising lead at this stage is the event i described first up with ocean shield in this location here. this will be up on the net after this press conference. yesterday, i also stated ocean shield had a remotely operated vehicle on board. that is not the case. the capability in fact, which ive mentioned is a blip in 21 underwater vehicle with...

Boxes? >> well, given the cost of what were trying to do is and the efficiency of making sure you have a good use of your resources, spending more time over top of a potential target has no downside whatsoever. the pinger has a lifetime. youre looking for that sound t. bluefin 21 doesnt have panger detector on it. once you put that asset in the water, youre not using the pinger anymore, youre using the debris field as what youre looking for. nair roeing the search area tighter will be more effic...

They suspect these data recorders might be. >> authorities, as you know, will, theyre using words like encouraged, promising. theyre also urging caution, as you correctly point out. what will it actually take based on all the interviews youve been doing over there, for it to confirm the signals, the missing plane, those are signals in fact from the missing planes black boxes? >> sure, yes, without question, there is just a lot of work ahead. first of all, they need to get a lock on this signal a...

A nine-year-old girl also reported missingings, apparently after getting swept away by floodwaters. barbara walters setting a date for her retirement from regular tv appearances. the tv legend says may 16th will be her swan song on abcs "the view." patti ann: the medical condition of the little girl rescued at sea is improving. her parents are thanking crews after boarding a navy ship off the coast of mexico yesterday. they called for help when their boat lost communication and steering. their...

The deep. >> geoffrey thomas also joins us from airlineratings.com. geoffrey, youre in perth. angus houston is there. perhaps you have some information that you might want to share with us before he comes out and gives his press briefing? >> yes, don. look, there is a sense that this announcement may have something to do with what the ocean shield has found or not found. the sense is that possibly it has found something or it has reconfirmed what ive found yesterday. approximately 12 hours ago, ...

Verified. they still need to find actual physical wreckage from this plane. and to that end, the "ocean shield," the australian vessel, is still out in the area in which they detected these signals using that u.s.-provided towed ping locator, trying to detect a third acoustic event. the hope is, if theyre able to get a third acoustic event, theyll then be able to triangulate those signals to narrow down to a specific search area. they will then deploy the u.s.-provided bluefin 21, an autonomous ...

"ocean shield" has detected a beacon of the black box. >> reporter: this is nearly 1,000 miles off the coast of australia where two sets of electronic pings were detected 15,000 feet, more than 4,000 meters down. the position needs to be adequately confirmed before this submarine is deployed to get a visual. >> this is being done without finding any wreckage thus far. and i think its quite extraordinary. and what id like to see now is for to us find some wreckage because that will -- that will b...