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Thought they heard were not from the plane? >> flatly, yes, that is what were told. they essentially said look we had bluefin down there. and we know that that bluefin completed its last mission today, searching some 300 miles of as soon as floor. they say if the black boxes were there they would have picked them up. i said what is the sound, they would have detected it on four occasions. the answer is, they really do not know. they dont believe it was from the black boxes. but perhaps it could ...

Transmission. still all the searches since the march 8 disappearance have come up empty. the aussie investigators say the planes location would depend on how long it took to descend plus a five nautical mile margin of error in the satellite data. this information comes as the malaysian government releases 50 pages of shra*t data to the public -- of satellite data to the public. families have been pressuring for independent investigation. ocean shield will end its search tomorrow. it has been sca...

Regrouping. you know, the ocean shield has been out there for quite a while. its got to come back. get fuel, supplies. i think there are better assets that have been discussed by other analysts that need to go back in the water. but we need to complete the other 5% of that search at this point in time. >> mary, ill ask you the same question. what fresh ideas should we be looking at as our options? >> the same thing that les said, but i would also want to know, you know, we have heard so much abo...

Find air france. bluefin-21 is only on its 14th mission right now. if youre a pespessimist, as on u.s. official told reuters, then youre saying this is going to take years. they dont have a real idea where this plane is. its only an educated guess. a good educated guess, with a series of mathematical ecase qus and trial and error. so far bluefin-21 is on its 14th mission. about 95% of the initial search zone, located about six miles around pinger location number two. pinger number two was the st...

Older than their students. kim cho wan, teaching her first year at the high school, lost her life. she died on her birthday. there are many stories of the sewol ferrys crew abandoning passengers. but not so well known are the quiet stories of the crews heroism. 44-year-old hong called his wife as the disaster unfolded. the ship is tilting now, use the money in the bank for the childrens school fees. before hanging up he said i need to go rescue more kids. his wife never heard his voice again. a ...

Emergency help. koreas version of 911. a full three minutes before the crew itself had sent out a distress call. and john, we did learn that that boys body has been recovered. his family telling cnn that he indeed is home, they did not release his name. >> we hope that can bring some kind of peace to that family. kyung lah, thank you so much, very nice report. after the bodies are recovered the ship will be salvaged. so up next, a look at recent operations like the one that succeeded in riding...

Today. after the valuables were taken off the ship it was then towed back out to sea and respectfully dropped 6,000 feet to an ocean resting place where it will remain for eternity. gary tuckman, cnn, los angeles. all right joining us, and navy fleet master diver. david, i want to start with you. when it comes to trying to recover the bodies of the victims here the divers not only have the challenge of navigating a ship upside down and under water but the visibility is so poor we keep hearing ...

But it has been done before. "ac360s" gary tuchman reports. >> reporter: this is not the first time south korea has had to deal with the disaster on the seas. the south korean navy ship exploded in 2010. 46 sailors were missing initi initially. the effort began immediately. the effort to raise the ship also began quickly when it was determined that was the only way to recover the bodies of the dead. 25 bodies were found a month later. the key to recovering the ship was a crane which actually lif...

Evidence. >> so richard, the prime minister does not want to come out and say the plane is lost now out of respect for, he says the families. do they still believe its -- what they initially said it is in the southern indian ocean? >> oh, yes. theres no question the pm believes that. he has very high confidence in the inmarsat data and the pings from the "ocean shield." he makes clear, don, that if that evidence should prove to be inaccurate, well, not to put a finer point on it, its all they ha...

Prayers now comforting families of the lost. >> such amazing stories there. kyung, we have discussed the boy who called emergency services before the ships signal that there was a problem. you have some information about this boy? >> a very brave boy. he is the one who called for emergency help. koreas version of 911. a full three minutes before the crew itself had sent out a distress call. and john, we did learn that that boys body has been recovered. his family telling cnn that he indeed is ho...